Inferential Statistics from Black Hispanic Breast Cancer Survival Data

Table 6

Summary results of the posterior parameters in the case of BGE for Black Hispanic females breast cancer patients (𝑛=298).

Node	Mean	SD	MC error	Median	95% CI	Sample
a	2.735	0.01647	1.64𝐸−04	2.73	(2.719, 2.779)	50000
𝛼	1.006	0.005935	5.38𝐸−05	1.004	(1.000, 1.022)	50000
b	1.029	0.02016	1.55𝐸−04	1.025	(1.001, 1.069)	50000
𝜆	0.02494	0.001025	7.24𝐸−06	0.02492	(0.02298, 0.02698)	50000
𝜌1	1.006	0.005986	5.94𝐸−05	1.004	(1.00, 1.022)	50000
𝜌2	0.02805	0.01952	1.51𝐸−04	0.02482	(0.001068, 0.06674)	50000
𝜌3	0.005888	0.005865	5.32𝐸−05	0.004063	(1.48𝐸−04, 0.02165)	50000
𝜌4	−3.692	0.04112	2.91𝐸−04	−3.692	(−3.773, −3.613)	50000
	Dbar		Dhat		pD
Zeros	3255.200		3254.200		1.004
Total	3255.200		3254.200		1.004

Dbar: post.mean of −2log𝐿; Dhat: −2log𝐿 at post.mean of stochastic nodes.
𝜌₁~dunif (1,2), 𝜌₂~dunif (0,0.07), 𝜌₃~dunif (0,1), and 𝜌₄~dunif (−4,−3).