Table 2 Summary of the sensitivity analysis of the choice of hyper-parameters with posterior mean-variance (standard error), 95% CI based on GGAMM
From: Spatial data analysis of malnutrition among children under-five years in Ethiopia
spatial effects | a = b = 0.001 | a = 0.01,b = 0.01 | a = 0.05,b = 0.0005 | a = 1,b = 0.026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
\({\pi}_{str}^2\) | 0.220 (0.049) | 0.229 (0.046) | 0.193 (0.055) | 0.201 (0.056) |
2.5–97.5% | (0.123, 0.317) | (0.139,0.319) | (0.085, 0.301) | (0.091,0.311) |
\({\pi}_{unstr}^2\) | 0.056 (0.016) | 0.058 (0.015) | 0.055 (0.011) | 0.055 (0.011) |
2.5–97.5% | (0.025, 0.087) | (0.028,0.088) | (0.034,0.076) | (0.033,0.077) |
DIC | 36,597.81 | 36,596.98 | 36,598.83 | 36,598.30 |