Search Results - "Spiegelhalter, D. J."

Handling uncertainty in housing stock models by Booth, A.T., Choudhary, R., Spiegelhalter, D.J.

“…Housing stock models can be useful tools in helping to assess the environmental and socio-economic impacts of retrofits to residential buildings; however,…”
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The power of the MicroMort by Spiegelhalter, DJ

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Bayesian random effects meta-analysis of trials with binary outcomes: methods for the absolute risk difference and relative risk scales by Warn, D. E., Thompson, S. G., Spiegelhalter, D. J.

“…When conducting a meta‐analysis of clinical trials with binary outcomes, a normal approximation for the summary treatment effect measure in each trial is…”
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Approximate cross-validatory predictive checks in disease mapping models by Marshall, E. C., Spiegelhalter, D. J.

“…When fitting complex hierarchical disease mapping models, it can be important to identify regions that diverge from the assumed model. Since full leave‐one‐out…”
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Methods in Health Service Research: An Introduction to Bayesian Methods in Health Technology Assessment by Spiegelhalter, David J., Myles, Jonathan P., Jones, David R., Abrams, Keith R.

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Statistics. The future lies in uncertainty by Spiegelhalter, D J

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The future lies in uncertainty by Spiegelhalter, D J

“…Sophisticated statistical insights are crucial for gaining knowledge from ever-larger data sets Statisticians have celebrated a lot recently. 2013 marked the…”
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Monitoring clinical performance: A commentary by Spiegelhalter, D.J.

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Bayesian methods in health technology assessment: a review by Spiegelhalter, D J, Myles, J P, Jones, D R, Abrams, K R

“…Bayesian methods may be defined as the explicit quantitative use of external evidence in the design, monitoring, analysis, interpretation and reporting of a…”
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Non-invasive measurement of human endothelium dependent arterial responses: accuracy and reproducibility by Sorensen, K. E., Celermajer, D. S., Spiegelhalter, D. J., Georgakopoulos, D., Robinson, J., Thomas, O., Deanfield, J. E.

“…OBJECTIVE--To assess a non-invasive test for endothelial dysfunction, an important early event in the atherogenic process. METHODS--Using high resolution…”
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An Empirical Approximation to the Null Unbounded Steady-State Distribution of the Cumulative Sum Statistic by Grigg, O. A., Spiegelhalter, D. J.

“…We develop an empirical approximation to the null steady-state distribution of the cumulative sum (cusum) statistic, defined as the distribution of values…”
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League Tables and Their Limitations: Statistical Issues in Comparisons of Institutional Performance by Goldstein, Harvey, Spiegelhalter, David J.

“…In the light of an increasing interest in the accountability of public institutions, this paper sets out the statistical issues involved in making quantitative…”
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Reliability of league tables of in vitro fertilisation clinics : retrospective analysis of live birth rates by MARSHALL, E. C, SPIEGELHALTER, D. J

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine to what extent institutions carrying out in vitro fertilisation can reasonably be ranked according to their live birth rates. DESIGN:…”
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Non-invasive detection of endothelial dysfunction in children and adults at risk of atherosclerosis by Celermajer, D S, Sorensen, K E, Gooch, V M, Spiegelhalter, D J, Miller, O I, Sullivan, I D, Lloyd, J K, Deanfield, J E

“…Endothelial dysfunction is an early event in experimental studies of atherogenesis, preceding formation of plaques. We have devised a non-invasive method for…”
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Mortality and volume of cases in paediatric cardiac surgery: retrospective study based on routinely collected data by Spiegelhalter, David J

“…Abstract Objectives: To determine whether mortality between 1991 and 1995 in hospitals in England carrying out surgery for congenital heart disease in children…”
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Bayesian approaches to random-effects meta-analysis: a comparative study by Smith, T C, Spiegelhalter, D J, Thomas, A

“…Current methods for meta-analysis still leave a number of unresolved issues, such as the choice between fixed- and random-effects models, the choice of…”
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Laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair: randomised prospective trial by Stoker, D L, Spiegelhalter, D J, Singh, R, Wellwood, J M

“…Laparoscopic surgery benefits patients because it reduces pain and enables earlier mobilisation. There is concern that laparoscopic hernia repair may enter…”
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Local and marginal control charts applied to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia reports in UK acute National Health Service trusts by Grigg, O. A., Spiegelhalter, D. J., Jones, H. E.

“…We consider the general problem of simultaneously monitoring multiple series of counts, applied in this case to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus…”
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Conflicting evidence in a Bayesian synthesis of surveillance data to estimate human immunodeficiency virus prevalence by Presanis, A. M., De Angelis, D., Spiegelhalter, D. J., Seaman, S., Goubar, A., Ades, A. E.

“…Inferential approaches based on the synthesis of diverse sources of evidence are increasingly employed in epidemiology as a means of exploiting all available…”
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Issues in data monitoring and interim analysis of trials by Grant, A M, Altman, D G, Babiker, A B, Campbell, M K, Clemens, F J, Darbyshire, J H, Elbourne, D R, McLeer, S K, Parmar, M K B, Pocock, S J, Spiegelhalter, D J, Sydes, M R, Walker, A E, Wallace, S A

“…To address issues about data monitoring committees (DMCs) for randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Electronic databases. Handsearching of selected books…”
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