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capy_bara
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Dear all, I hope someone can help me.
I have two experimental groups, A (n=5) and B (n=8) containing biological samples. The samples are used to estimate my parameter of interest, θ. I do this with Markov-chain Monte-Carlo, which gives me a posterior distribution of θ for each of my samples. The distributions look approximately normal but are skewed a bit to the right. All values for θ are positive.
I wonder how I can now report single estimates (and confidence intervals) for θ in groups A and B, respectively.
Averaging the means of each distribution in one group gives me very different results than averaging the medians of all distributions. I also tried combining all distributions from one group and then taking the mean or the median. How can I find out which is the best way to summarize all distributions within one group to get a single point estimate?
I hope my problem is clear, I would appreciate any help.
Many thanks in advance,
capy_bara
I have two experimental groups, A (n=5) and B (n=8) containing biological samples. The samples are used to estimate my parameter of interest, θ. I do this with Markov-chain Monte-Carlo, which gives me a posterior distribution of θ for each of my samples. The distributions look approximately normal but are skewed a bit to the right. All values for θ are positive.
I wonder how I can now report single estimates (and confidence intervals) for θ in groups A and B, respectively.
Averaging the means of each distribution in one group gives me very different results than averaging the medians of all distributions. I also tried combining all distributions from one group and then taking the mean or the median. How can I find out which is the best way to summarize all distributions within one group to get a single point estimate?
I hope my problem is clear, I would appreciate any help.
Many thanks in advance,
capy_bara