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Table 4 Average length (standard deviation) of those intervals that contained the true parameter value.

From: Interval estimation of genetic susceptibility for retrospective case-control studies

Sample size

10

50

100

500

Prevalence

    
 

Asymptotic Frequentist

0.04

0.157(0.215)

0.078(0.147)

0.059(0.117)

0.026(0.056)

0.50

0.364(0.155)

0.168(0.088)

0.119(0.067)

0.052(0.030)

 

Asymptotic Bayesian

0.04

0.139(0.201)

0.072(0.134)

0.056(0.110)

0.026(0.055)

0.50

0.342(0.144)

0.165(0.084)

0.118(0.065)

0.052(0.030)

 

Exact Bayesian

0.04

0.176(0.259)

0.077(0.142)

0.057(0.111)

0.025(0.053)

0.50

0.333(0.150)

0.161(0.084)

0.116(0.065)

0.052(0.030)