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Table 4 Main characteristics of the experts who answered to the elicitation questionnaire

From: A Bayesian non-inferiority approach using experts’ margin elicitation – application to the monitoring of safety events

Characteristics

N = 44

Age, median (IQR)

46 (39.75-55)

Male sex, n(%)

28 (64)

Number year of being MD [1], median (IQR)

17 (0.75-22.5)

Specialty, n(%)

 

Neonatologist

22 (50)

Obstetrician

22 (50)

Type of establishment, n(%)

 

University hospital

33 (75)

Position, n(%)

 

Hospital practitioner

21 (48)

Professor

21 (48)

Others

2 (4)

History of school of statistics/epidemiology, n(%)

28 (64)

History of being PI [2] of a trial, n(%)

29 (66)

  1. IQR = Interquartile Range
  2. 1MD: medical doctor
  3. 2PI: Principal investigator