Bayesian Analysis: Using Prior Information to Interpret the Results of Clinical Trials

Melanie Quintana¹, Kert Viele¹, Roger J Lewis^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Berry Consultants LLC, Austin, Texas.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
³ Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California.
⁴ David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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Melanie Quintana et al. JAMA. 2017.

. 2017 Oct 24;318(16):1605-1606.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.15574.

Melanie Quintana¹, Kert Viele¹, Roger J Lewis^{1

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¹ Berry Consultants LLC, Austin, Texas.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
³ Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California.
⁴ David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

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