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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Trials. 2013 Aug 27;10(5):720–734. doi: 10.1177/1740774513497539

Table 5.

Sensitivity to the prior distribution of σ2

Weight = 0.001
Mean = 0.1
Weight = 0.01
Mean = 0.1
Weight = 0.0001
Mean = 0.1
Weight = 0.001
Mean = 1
Weight = 0.001
Mean = 0.01
Null
 Group 1 Efficacy 0.064 0.082 0.059 0.097 0.044
Response 0.054 0.053 0.055 0.052 0.056
 Group 2 Efficacy 0.068 0.080 0.058 0.098 0.045
Response 0.054 0.054 0.055 0.052 0.056
 Group 3 Efficacy 0.066 0.071 0.058 0.074 0.050
Response 0.090 0.089 0.092 0.088 0.092
 Group 4 Efficacy 0.019 0.021 0.021 0.024 0.015
Response 0.143 0.144 0.143 0.146 0.143
Alternative
 Group 1 Efficacy 0.989 0.991 0.988 0.992 0.981
Response 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.200
 Group 2 Efficacy 0.990 0.990 0.987 0.990 0.982
Response 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.200
 Group 3 Efficacy 0.989 0.989 0.987 0.991 0.982
Response 0.299 0.299 0.298 0.298 0.298
 Group 4 Efficacy 0.980 0.982 0.975 0.979 0.965
Response 0.398 0.397 0.396 0.397 0.396