MeanHM {prome}

Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Information Borrowing for Means

Description

To compute the mean values of subgroups based on a Bayesian hierarchical model.

Usage

MeanHM(x,sigma)

Arguments

x

Numeric vector of observations for the subgroups.

sigma

hyper-parameter. to be estimated or can be given.

Value

• 'theta': population mean.

• 'sigma': population standard deviation.

Examples

x1 <- rnorm(100,2,1)
x2 <- rnorm(100,3,1.5)
x3 <- rnorm(100,4,1.9)
x <- cbind(x1,x2,x3)
MeanHM(x,sigma=0.5)