Bayesian Analysis of Cancer Mortality Rates from Different Types and their Relative Occurrences
"We analyze mortality data from prostate, colon, lung, and all other types (called other cancer) to obtain age specific and age adjusted mortality rates for white males in the U.S. A related problem is to estimate the relative occurrences of these four types of cancer. We use Bayesian method be...
Main Author: | Delcroix, Sophie M. |
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Other Authors: | Homer F. Walker, Department Head |
Format: | Others |
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Digital WPI
1999
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1114 https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2113&context=etd-theses |
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