Inferential Statistics from Black Hispanic Breast Cancer Survival Data

Table 7

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

Node	Mean	SD	MC error	Median	95% CI	Sample
a	1.031	0.01789	8.38𝐸−05	1.03	(1.001, 1.06)	50000
b	1.047	0.02736	1.21𝐸−04	1.047	(1.002, 1.092)	50000
𝛽	402.1	1.344	0.01014	402.5	(398.4, 403.4)	50000
𝜌1	5.997	0.003353	2.53𝐸−05	5.998	(5.988, 6.000)	50000
𝜌2	0.03002	0.01736	8.14𝐸−05	0.02997	(0.001484, 0.05849)	50000
𝜌3	0.0454	0.02614	1.16𝐸−04	0.04559	(0.00228, 0.08786)	50000
	Dbar		Dhat		pD
Zeros	3317.650		3317.650		−0.000
Total	3317.650		3317.650		−0.000

Dbar: post.mean of −2log𝐿; Dhat: −2log𝐿 at post.mean of stochastic nodes.
𝜌₁~dunif (0,6), 𝜌₂~dunif (0,0.06), and 𝜌₃~dunif (0,0.09).