… , where the treatment of prior knowledge may have a large effect on the outcome of the … the
effects of small sample and low sample mean values on the posterior value of the dispersion …

… shown that small sample sizes and low sample mean values can significantly and negatively
affect different estimators of the dispersion parameter. The dispersion parameter becomes …

… overlap values thus ranged from 0 to 1 with smaller values … To examine the ecological effects
of extremes in dispersal … as a function of the main fixed effects: sample size (10, 30, or 100 …

… characterized by small sample size and low sample mean values (5… adjusted inverse dispersion
parameters to examine this effect (… on the Estimation of the Fixed Dispersion Parameter. …

… can be overlooked with some fixed probability p z , while all … to higher sample mean m̂ and
lower sample variance ŝ 2 … can have disproportionate effect on the sample mean. For m = …

… of their average value. This was equivalent to a 100% uncertainty in modulus determination.
… end—that is, where the bender element is placed—the nodes are fixed. At the upper end, …

… detect a minimum correlation (effect) δ in estimating k latent (… | = 0.37 still has a great deal of
dispersion, and we might find it … that z-values are adequate approximations for t-values in the …

… of interest, and the size of the effect to be detected, cluster … dispersion resulting from variation
in true cluster rates. … years are fixed, equation (2) can be rearranged to derive an estimate of …

… predicted value … sample variance "s1# on the log09 of the sample mean "x¹#[ An ordinary
least square regression is used in this study\ which di}ers somewhat from the geometric mean …

… The results of the study show that the selection of the functional form of NB models has
an important effect on EB estimates both in terms of estimated values, weight factors, and …