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Table 1 The 16 simulation scenarios used to evaluate the ability of the Bayesian models to address different degrees of misclassification bias

From: Addressing misclassification bias in vaccine effectiveness studies with an application to Covid-19

Misclassification

Sp

\(\boldsymbol S{\boldsymbol e}_{{\boldsymbol V}_{\boldsymbol{+}}}\)

\(\boldsymbol S{\boldsymbol e}_{{\mathbf V}_{\boldsymbol{-}}}\)

OR

Scenario #

Non-differential

0.99

0.925

0.925

0.1

1

0.2

2

0.975

0.975

0.1

3

0.2

4

1.00

0.925

0.925

0.1

5

0.2

6

0.975

0.975

0.1

7

0.2

8

Differential

0.99

0.925

0.975

0.1

9

0.2

10

0.975

0.925

0.1

11

0.2

12

1.00

0.925

0.975

0.1

13

0.2

14

0.975

0.925

0.1

15

0.2

16

  1. \(Se_{V_{-}}\)=sensitivity in unvaccinated; \(Se_{V_{+}}\)=sensitivity in vaccinated; Sp=specificity; OR=Odds Ratio