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. 2009 Jun;172(3):579–598. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2009.00586.x

Table 6.

Results from WinBUGS for the random-effects logistic regression model using orthogonal predictors and parameter expansion and 25000 iterations

Parameter Results for the orthogonal only model
Results for the orthogonal and parameter expanded model
Estimate ESS Estimate ESS
α0—constant −4.037 (0.077) 24537 −4.064 (0.081) 14009
α1—duration6–11 −0.071 (0.045) 25936 −0.065 (0.045) 22017
α2—duration12–23 −0.126 (0.042) 25251 −0.112 (0.044) 15024
α3—duration24–35 −0.038 (0.050) 25083 −0.014 (0.054) 4859
α4—duration≥36 0.018 (0.054) 26332 0.055 (0.063) 1881
β1—age25–34 −0.371 (0.033) 26567 −0.376 (0.034) 22609
β2—age35–49 −0.671 (0.058) 22787 −0.677 (0.059) 20883
β3—method2 −1.156 (0.059) 18532 −1.169 (0.060) 14032
β4—method3 0.494 (0.109) 24267 0.501 (0.111) 23488
β5—method4 0.053 (0.062) 24546 0.050 (0.063) 23792
β6—educ–primary 0.030 (0.069) 24012 0.029 (0.069) 22546
β7—educ–secondary+ 0.224 (0.071) 25563 0.225 (0.072) 24422
β8—urban 0.113 (0.036) 25157 0.115 (0.037) 22995
β9—ses–med −0.116 (0.046) 25302 −0.118 (0.046) 23960
β10—ses–high −0.190 (0.052) 25139 −0.192 (0.052) 23383
Inline graphic 0.001 (0.001) 13 0.059 (0.048) 318

Standard deviations are given in parentheses.