A closer look at the distribution of number needed to treat (NNT): a Bayesian approach

DOI10.1093/BIOSTATISTICS/4.3.365MaRDI QIDQ5701233zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Lehana Thabane

Publication date 2 November 2005

Published in Biostatistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/biostatistics/4.3.365

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesian approachInverse normal distributionNumber needed to treatPosterior mode

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15)

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