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Table 5 Replication simulation results for calibrated SpHb

From: Meta-analytic estimation of measurement variability and assessment of its impact on decision-making: the case of perioperative haemoglobin concentration monitoring

 

Mean

95 % credible interval

μ c

−0.20

−1.99

1.49

σ c

1.00

0.39

1.81

δ

−0.44

−1.55

0.70

θ

0.77

0.36

1.17

e c,,

−0.20

−2.92

2.52

\(e_{c*,*,*}^{2}\)

1.86

0.00

10.29

|e c,,|

1.05

0.04

3.21

  1. Distributional characteristics of the expected bias (μ c ), standard deviation of error (σ c ), correction term (δ ) and inflation factor (θ) for a replicated study, and error (e c,,), squared error (\(e_{c*,*,*}^{2}\)) and absolute error (|e c,,|)for a replicated observation