SpatialEpi (version 1.2.1)

process_MCMC_sample: Process MCMC Sample

Description

Take the output of sampled configurations from MCMC_simulation and produce area-by-area summaries

Usage

process_MCMC_sample(sample, param, RR.area, cluster.list, cutoffs)

Arguments

sample

list objects of sampled configurations

param

mean relative risk associted with each of the n.zones single zones considering the wide prior

RR.area

mean relative risk associated with each of the n areas considering the narrow prior

cluster.list

list of length n.zones listing, for each single zone, its component areas

cutoffs

cutoffs used to declare highs (clusters) and lows (anti-clusters)

Value

• high.area
  Probability of cluster membership for each area
• low.area
  Probability of anti-cluster membership for each area
• RR.est.area
  Smoothed relative risk estimates for each area

References

Wakefield J. and Kim A.Y. (2013) A Bayesian model for cluster detection. Biostatistics, 14, 752--765.

See Also

MCMC_simulation