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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2010 May 20;29(11):1206–1218. doi: 10.1002/sim.3862

Table 2.

Summary of parameter estimates for conditional dependence using the maximum likelihood method and Bayesian model. The triple notation of LPU denotes the point estimate P with 95% Wald-type confidence limits (L, U).

Study Maximum Likelihood Approach Bayesian Model
α̂ θ̂ ρ̂ α θ ρ
1 7.6518.0528.45 7.8014.3420.87 0.040.090.14 9.4217.6230.7 8.2313.9921.08 0.060.100.16
2 4.7512.9421.13 5.028.4911.96 0.030.130.23 5.4012.3621.99 4.628.0711.71 0.070.140.23

Note: Study 1, Health Insurance Plan Screening Study for Breast Cancer in New York. Study 2, a multicenter study for screening cervical cancer.