post_RA_fits | R Documentation |
Computes a table of Hellinger distances between marginal posterior distributions
for different parameters in the NNHM
between the actual model fits in fits.actual
and
the benchmark fits in fits.bm
.
All fits should be based on the same data set.
post_RA_fits(fits.actual, fits.bm,
H.dist.method = "integral")
fits.actual |
a list of model fits of class bayesmeta, computed with
the |
fits.bm |
a list of model fits of class bayesmeta, computed with
the |
H.dist.method |
method for computation of Hellinger distances between marginal posterior densities. Either |
Two alternative suggestions for posterior benchmarks are provided
in Ott et al. (2021, Section 3.4) and its Supplementary Material (Section 2.5) and they
can be computed using the functions fit_models_RA
and fit_models_RA_5bm
,
respectively.
If integral-based computation (H.dist.method = "integral"
) of Hellinger distances is selected (the default), numerical integration is applied to obtain the Hellinger distance between the two marginal posterior densities (by using the function H
).
If moment-based computation (H.dist.method = "moment"
) is selected, the marginal densities are first approximated by normal densities with the same means and standard deviations and then the Hellinger distance between these normal densities can be obtained by an analytical formula (implemented in the function H_normal
).
A matrix of Hellinger distance estimates between marginal posteriors
with n.bm
columns and n.act*(k+3)
rows,
where n.bm
=length(fits.bm
) is the number of benchmark fits specified,
n.act
=length(fits.actual
) the number of actual fits specified
and
k
the number of studies in the meta-analysis data set
(so that there are k+3
parameters \Psi \in \{ \mu, \tau, \theta_1, ..., \theta_k, \theta_{new} \}
of potential interest in the NNHM).
The columns of the matrix give the following Hellinger distance estimates
between two marginal posteriors (for the parameter of interest \Psi
varying with rows)
induced by the following two heterogeneity priors
(from left to right):
H(po_{bm_1}, po_act)
: first benchmark prior bm_1 inducing the fit fits.bm[[1]]
and actual prior
H(po_{bm_2}, po_act)
: second benchmark prior bm_2 inducing the fit fits.bm[[2]]
and actual prior
...
H(po_{bm_{n.bm}}, po_act)
: last benchmark prior bm_n.bm inducing the fit fits.bm[[n.bm]]
and actual prior
The actual heterogenity prior and the parameter of interest \Psi
vary
with the rows in the following order:
mu, pri_act_1
:\Psi=\mu
and first actual prior in tau.prior
mu, pri_act_2
:\Psi=\mu
and second actual prior in tau.prior
...
mu, pri_act_n
:\Psi=\mu
and nth actual prior in tau.prior
tau, pri_act_1
:\Psi=\tau
and first actual prior in tau.prior
...
tau, pri_act_n
:\Psi=\tau
and nth actual prior
theta_1, pri_act_1
:\Psi=\theta_1
and first actual prior
...
theta_k, pri_act_n
:\Psi=\theta_k
and nth actual prior
theta_new, pri_act_1
:\Psi=\theta_{new}
and first actual prior
...
theta_new, pri_act_n
:\Psi=\theta_{new}
and nth actual prior
If the integral-based method is used to compute Hellinger distances (H.dist.method = "integral"
),
numerical problems may occur in some cases, which may lead to implausible outputs.
Therefore, we generally recommend to double-check the results of the integral-based method using the moment-based method (H.dist.method = "moment"
) - especially if the former results are implausibe. If large differences between the two methods are observed, we recommend to rely on the moment-based method unless a normal approximation of the involved densities is inappropriate.
Ott, M., Plummer, M., Roos, M. (2021). How vague is vague? How informative is informative? Reference analysis for Bayesian meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine 40, 4505–4521. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1002/sim.9076")}
Ott, M., Plummer, M., Roos, M. (2021). Supplementary Material: How vague is vague? How informative is informative? Reference analysis for Bayesian meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1002/sim.9076")}
bayesmeta
in the package bayesmeta,
fit_models_RA
,
post_RA
,
pri_RA_fits
# for aurigular acupuncture (AA) data set
data(aa)
# compute the model fits % this example takes > 5 sec. to run
# actual standard half-normal and half-Cauchy heterogeneity priors
fits <- fit_models_RA(df=aa, tau.prior=
list(function(t)dhalfnormal(t, scale=1),
function(t)dhalfcauchy(t, scale=1)))
# benchmark fits under HN0 and J (Jeffreys) priors
fits.bm.post <- fits[c(1,2)]
fits.actual <- fits[c(3,4)]
post_RA_fits(fits.actual=fits.actual, fits.bm=fits.bm.post)
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