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Package overview

RBesT RBesT-package
R Bayesian Evidence Synthesis Tools

Prior derivation (Meta-Analytic-Predictive analysis)

Combine historical data into a Meta-Analytic-Predictive (MAP) prior and inspect the model fit.

gMAP() print(<gMAP>) fitted(<gMAP>) coef(<gMAP>) as.matrix(<gMAP>) summary(<gMAP>)
Meta-Analytic-Predictive Analysis for Generalized Linear Models
predict(<gMAP>) print(<gMAPpred>) summary(<gMAPpred>) as.matrix(<gMAPpred>)
Predictions from gMAP analyses
plot(<gMAP>)
Diagnostic plots for gMAP analyses
forest_plot()
Forest Plot
as_draws(<gMAP>) as_draws_matrix(<gMAP>) as_draws_array(<gMAP>) as_draws_df(<gMAP>) as_draws_list(<gMAP>) as_draws_rvars(<gMAP>)
Transform gMAP to draws objects
nsamples(<gMAP>)
Return the number of posterior samples

Prior approximation

Approximate MCMC samples (or any sample) by a parametric mixture of conjugate distributions.

mixfit()
Fit of Mixture Densities to Samples
automixfit()
Automatic Fitting of Mixtures of Conjugate Distributions to a Sample
plot(<EM>)
Diagnostic plots for EM fits

Effective sample size

Quantify the informativeness of a (mixture) prior.

ess()
Effective Sample Size for a Conjugate Prior

Prior robustification

Make a prior robust against prior-data conflict.

robustify()
Robustify Mixture Priors

Design evaluation

Define decision rules and evaluate operating characteristics and the probability of success for 1- and 2-sample designs.

decision1S() has_lower() has_upper() lower() upper() oc1Sdecision()
Decision Function for 1 Sample Designs
decision2S() oc2Sdecision()
Decision Function for 2 Sample Designs
decision1S_boundary()
Decision Boundary for 1 Sample Designs
decision2S_boundary()
Decision Boundary for 2 Sample Designs
oc1S()
Operating Characteristics for 1 Sample Design
oc2S()
Operating Characteristics for 2 Sample Design
pos1S()
Probability of Success for a 1 Sample Design
pos2S()
Probability of Success for 2 Sample Design

Trial analysis

Conjugate posterior updating and predictive distributions used to analyse the actual trial outcome.

postmix()
Conjugate Posterior Analysis
preddist()
Predictive Distributions for Mixture Distributions

Mixture distributions

Construct, combine and evaluate mixture distributions.

Interoperability and utilities

Read/write mixtures, use them in brms, and helper functions.

mixstanvar()
Mixture distributions as brms priors
write_mix_json() read_mix_json() experimental
Write and Read a Mixture Object with JSON
logit() inv_logit()
Logit (log-odds) and inverse-logit function.
BinaryExactCI()
Exact Confidence interval for Binary Proportion

Datasets

AS
Ankylosing Spondylitis.
asthma
Asthma exacerbation recurrent event data.
colitis
Ulcerative Colitis.
crohn
Crohn's disease.
transplant
Transplant.