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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Stat Assoc. 2010 Dec;105(492):1333–1346. doi: 10.1198/jasa.2010.ap09321

Table 5.

Sensitivity to the Elicited Prior

Scenario (T:Tamoxifen, P:Placebo)
vT = 5, vP= 5 vT = 0.2, vP= 0.2 uT = 0.5, uP= 0.5 uT = −0.5, uP= −0.5

Treatment Percentile 10% 25% 10% 25% 10% 25% 10% 25%
Tamoxifen Minimum 0.79 0.50 1.18 1.46 1.60 1.80 0.60 0.80
Median 1.20 1.50 1.20 1.50 1.70 2.00 0.70 1.00
Maximum 1.70 2.00 1.22 1.52 1.80 2.10 0.80 1.10
P [Y7 = 1](95% CI) 0.125(0.114, 0.136) 0.125(0.114, 0.136) 0.132(0.120, 0.143) 0.117(0.107, 0.128)

Placebo Minimum 0.85 0.80 1.04 1.28 1.51 1.70 0.51 0.70
Median 1.05 1.30 1.05 1.30 1.55 1.80 0.55 0.80
Maximum 1.30 1.80 1.06 1.32 1.60 1.90 0.60 0.90
P [Y7 = 1](95% CI) 0.133(0.122, 0.144) 0.133(0.122, 0.144) 0.139(0.128, 0.150) 0.125(0.114, 0.135)

Difference of P [Y7 = 1](95% CI) −0.008(−0.024, 0.008) −0.007(−0.023, 0.008) −0.007(−0.023, 0.009) −0.008(−0.023, 0.007)