<p>In example 1: 5% of couples are assumed to be sterile (intrinsic conception rate = 0). The remaining 95% are assumed to have intrinsic conception rates described by a beta distribution with parameters α = 2.3 and β = 3.7.</p
The number of sterile couples in a retrospective study of the number of cycles to conception is nece...
<p>They are plotted as a function of the number of cycles of attempted conception.</p
<p>Infertility is calculated as the percent of women who seek a child and as the percent of all wome...
<p>In example 3, 1% of couples are assumed to have an intrinsic conception rate of zero. The remaini...
<p>In example 4, 5% of couples are assumed to have an intrinsic conception rate of zero; 85% have in...
<p>In example 2, 5% of couples are assumed to have a zero probability of conceiving. The remaining 9...
<p>In example 5, couples are assumed to have peak intrinsic conception rates drawn from a beta distr...
<p>In example 5, couples are assumed to have peak intrinsic conception rates drawn from a beta distr...
<p>In example 5, couples are assumed to have peak intrinsic conception rates drawn from a beta distr...
<p>In each panel the plot labelled I shows the initial (prior) distribution. The other plots show th...
<p>In each panel the plot labelled I shows the initial (prior) distribution. The other plots show th...
<p>Intrinsic conception rates corresponding to probability <i>P</i> of conceiving within 12 or 24 cy...
<p>The characteristics of the populations for examples 1, 2, 3 and 4 are described in the legends of...
<p>Plots showing the cumulative probability of conception P, i.e. the probability of conception with...
<p>They are plotted as a function of the number of cycles of attempted conception.</p
The number of sterile couples in a retrospective study of the number of cycles to conception is nece...
<p>They are plotted as a function of the number of cycles of attempted conception.</p
<p>Infertility is calculated as the percent of women who seek a child and as the percent of all wome...
<p>In example 3, 1% of couples are assumed to have an intrinsic conception rate of zero. The remaini...
<p>In example 4, 5% of couples are assumed to have an intrinsic conception rate of zero; 85% have in...
<p>In example 2, 5% of couples are assumed to have a zero probability of conceiving. The remaining 9...
<p>In example 5, couples are assumed to have peak intrinsic conception rates drawn from a beta distr...
<p>In example 5, couples are assumed to have peak intrinsic conception rates drawn from a beta distr...
<p>In example 5, couples are assumed to have peak intrinsic conception rates drawn from a beta distr...
<p>In each panel the plot labelled I shows the initial (prior) distribution. The other plots show th...
<p>In each panel the plot labelled I shows the initial (prior) distribution. The other plots show th...
<p>Intrinsic conception rates corresponding to probability <i>P</i> of conceiving within 12 or 24 cy...
<p>The characteristics of the populations for examples 1, 2, 3 and 4 are described in the legends of...
<p>Plots showing the cumulative probability of conception P, i.e. the probability of conception with...
<p>They are plotted as a function of the number of cycles of attempted conception.</p
The number of sterile couples in a retrospective study of the number of cycles to conception is nece...
<p>They are plotted as a function of the number of cycles of attempted conception.</p
<p>Infertility is calculated as the percent of women who seek a child and as the percent of all wome...