title: Incorporating prior information into the analysis of contingency tables.
abstract: Contingency tables are often analyzed using log-linear models and in some situations prior information on the value of parameters in the log-linear model is available. In this article we describe a prior-posterior procedure that incorporates prior information directly into the analysis through a multivariate normal prior for the log-linear parameters. The mode and curvature of the posterior density are proposed as summary statistics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Knuiman
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Speed
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors