Optimization Output for experiment 18 and 23 pooled (B. pseudomallei)
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Pooled data of C57BL/6 mice and diabetic rat [1]
| Dose | DEATH | NOT DEATH | Total |  
| 150 | 0 | 6 | 6 |  
| 450 | 1 | 5 | 6 |  
| 1350 | 1 | 5 | 6 |  
| 3000 | 6 | 4 | 10 |  
| 4050 | 3 | 3 | 6 |  
| 12200 | 3 | 3 | 6 |  
| 3E+04 | 7 | 3 | 10 |  
| 3E+05 | 7 | 3 | 10 |  
| 3E+06 | 10 | 0 | 10 |  
| 3E+07 | 10 | 0 | 10 |  | 
 
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Goodness of fit and model selection
| Model | Deviance | Δ | Degrees of freedom
 | χ20.95,1 p-value
 | χ20.95,m-k p-value
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| Exponential | 63.3 | 56.6 | 9 | 3.84 5.42e-14
 | 16.9 3.15e-10
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| Beta Poisson | 6.68 | 8 | 15.5 0.571
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| Beta-Poisson fits better than exponential; cannot reject good fit for beta-Poisson. |  | 
 
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Optimized parameters for the beta-Poisson model, from 10000 bootstrap iterations
| Parameter | MLE estimate | Percentiles |  
| 0.5% | 2.5% | 5% | 95% | 97.5% | 99.5% |  
| α | 3.28E-01 | 1.94E-01 | 2.16E-01 | 2.31E-01 | 5.15E-01 | 5.86E-01 | 8.32E-01 |  
| N50 | 5.43E+03 | 1.82E+03 | 2.37E+03 | 2.64E+03 | 1.23E+04 | 1.39E+04 | 1.68E+04 |  | 
 
Parameter scatter plot for beta Poisson model ellipses signify the 0.9, 0.95 and 0.99 confidence of the parameters.
 
beta Poisson model plot, with confidence bounds around optimized model
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