Effect of Prior Specification on Bayesian Design for Two-Sample Comparison of a Binary Outcome |
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| Authors: | David S. Moore |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Statistics , Purdue University , West Lafayette , IN , 47907-1399 , USA |
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| Abstract: | Closed forms of the optimal Bayesian design for the estimation of the log odds-ratio from a two-sample experiment are obtained. The effect of various specifications of prior distributions are considered and plausible circumstances where unequal allocation is optimal are presented. |
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| Keywords: | Bayesian methods Statistical education. |
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