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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2008 Dec 10;27(28):5861–5879. doi: 10.1002/sim.3397

Table III.

Elicited range of exp (ϕ) and hyperparameters for beta distributions used in Bayesian analyses.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Needle-sharing Censoring ϕ Range of exp (ϕ) Shape Scale
Yes Interval-censored ϕs1 1.75−1 2.75 2.00 7.75
Dropped out ϕs2 1.50 3.00 5.25 2.75
Dead ϕs3 2.00 2.50 2.00 1.00
No Interval-censored ϕn1 1.15−1 2.50 2.00 9.50
Dropped out ϕn2 1.75 2.50 3.75 2.00
Dead ϕn3 2.00 2.50 2.00 1.00