Bayesian versus frequentist statistical inference for investigating a one-off cancer cluster reported to a health department

doi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-30

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Bayesian versus frequentist statistical inference for investigating a one-off cancer cluster reported to a health department

Michael D Coory¹^,2 , Rachael A Wills² and Adrian G Barnett³

¹School of Population Health, Mayne Medical School, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia

²Statistical Analysis Unit, Queensland Department of Health, Brisbane, Australia

³School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia

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BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:30doi:10.1186/1471-2288-9-30


Published:	11 May 2009

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Bayesian Cluster Analysis Calculator. Spreadsheet to calculate and plot posterior SIRs given the observed and expected number of cases and the parameters of a Gamma prior distribution.

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