Comparison of Bayesian sample size criteria: ACC, ALC, and WOC

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4111-4122

  Cao, Jing ^a   Lee, J Jack ^b   Alber, Susan ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Average coverage criterion; Average length criterion; Coverage rate; Credible interval; Interval length; Worst outcome criterion

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249220077     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2009.05.041     Document Type: Article

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