A bayesian inference of P(π1> π2) for two proportions

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-437

  Kawasaki, Youhei ^a   Miyaoka, Etsuo ^b  

^a Data Science Department   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Empirical bayes method; Exact probability; Independent binomial propositions; Superiority test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GEOMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BAYES THEOREM; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84859169532     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543406.2010.544438     Document Type: Article

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