mice/rSARS-CoV strain model data [2]
| Dose |
Dead |
Survived |
Total |
| 240 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 800 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| 2400 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 12000 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Goodness of fit and model selection
| Model |
Deviance |
Δ |
Degrees
of freedom |
χ20.95,1
p-value |
χ20.95,m-k
p-value |
| Exponential |
0.968 |
-0.000923 |
3 |
3.84
1 |
7.81
0.809 |
| Beta Poisson |
0.969 |
2 |
5.99
0.616 |
| Exponential is preferred to beta-Poisson; cannot reject good fit for exponential. |
|
Optimized k parameter for the exponential model, from 10000 bootstrap iterations
| Parameter |
MLE estimate |
Percentiles |
| 0.5% |
2.5% |
5% |
95% |
97.5% |
99.5% |
| k |
2.97E-03 |
1.90E-03 |
1.90E-03 |
1.90E-03 |
2.97E-03 |
2.97E-03 |
2.97E-03 |
| ID50/LD50/ETC* |
2.33E+02 |
2.33E+02 |
2.33E+02 |
2.33E+02 |
3.64E+02 |
3.64E+02 |
3.64E+02 |
| *Not a parameter of the exponential model; however, it facilitates comparison with other models. |
|
Parameter histogram for exponential model (uncertainty of the parameter)
Exponential model plot, with confidence bounds around optimized model
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