Multiple testing on standardized mortality ratios: A Bayesian hierarchical model for FDR estimation

Biostatistics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  Ventrucci, Massimo ^a   Scott, E Marian ^a   Cocchi, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical modeling; False discovery rate; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650652132     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxq040     Document Type: Article

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