Table 3 Average length (standard deviation) of the intervals based on 10,000 simulations.
From: Interval estimation of genetic susceptibility for retrospective case-control studies
Sample size | 10 | 50 | 100 | 500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | Asymptotic Frequentist | |||
0.04 | 0.161(0.220) | 0.081(0.151) | 0.060(0.121) | 0.026(0.057) |
0.50 | 0.361(0.156) | 0.168(0.090) | 0.117(0.062) | 0.052(0.030) |
| Â | Asymptotic Bayesian | |||
0.04 | 0.143(0.207) | 0.075(0.139) | 0.057(0.114) | 0.025(0.055) |
0.50 | 0.341(0.146) | 0.166(0.086) | 0.116(0.060) | 0.052(0.030) |
| Â | Exact Bayesian | |||
0.04 | 0.180(0.264) | 0.079(0.146) | 0.058(0.113) | 0.025(0.054) |
0.50 | 0.329(0.152) | 0.161(0.085) | 0.114(0.059) | 0.052(0.029) |