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Using an Empirical Binomial Hierarchical Bayesian Model as an Alternative to Analyzing Data From Multisite Studies

J. Michael Hardin

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Billie S. Anderson

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Lesa L. Woodby

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Myra A. Crawford

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Toya V. Russell

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

This article explores the statistical methodologies used in demonstration and effectiveness studies when the treatments are applied across multiple settings. The importance of evaluating and how to evaluate these types of studies are discussed. As an alternative to standard methodology, the authors of this article offer an empirical binomial hierarchical Bayesian model as a way to effectively evaluate multisite studies. An application of using the Bayesian model in a real-world multisite study is given.

Key Words: multisite trials • empirical Bayes

Evaluation Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, 143-156 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X07303585
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