RE: Very small P-Value for ETABAR
Another possible reason could be that you have a huge number of subjects
in your database. Then a tiny deviation from zero will generate a highly
significant p-value (very small). You should look at the estimate itself
too (ETABAR).
Yaning Wang, Ph.D.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Jian Xu
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:32 AM
To: Denney, William S.; NM Users
Subject: Re: [NMusers] Very small P-Value for ETABAR
Hi, Bill,
Thanks for your input. I also got some answers from Mahesh, Yaning, and
Pankaj. Thank you guys!
This small P-value for ETABAR could be due to possible two reasons:
1: As Bill and Yaning suggested, this ETA is non-nomal distribuated,
which could result from covariates (e.g. gender) or mixture of
population (e.g. race)
2: As Mahesh and Pankaj suggested, the shrinkage of this ETA needs to be
calculated, which can help identify whether the model is ill
conditioning or overparameterized .
Cheers,
Jian
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From: "Denney, William S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jian Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:41:15 AM
Subject: RE: [NMusers] Very small P-Value for ETABAR
Hi Jian,
I would look for a covariate effect on that parameter.
Thanks,
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Jian Xu
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [NMusers] Very small P-Value for ETABAR
Dear NMUSERS,
A few years back, there was a discussion on the P-value for ETABAR.
However, I am not sure how to appropriately handle very small P-value(s)
for ETABAR situation during the development of a model.
I need some clarifications to a few questions:
1: Should we just ignore this small P-Value warning?
2: Can we change IIV model to avoid small P-value for ETABAR? Or any
other suggestions?
3: Does NONMEM make any assumptions on ETA distribution?
This P-value for ETABAR really bugs me a lot. I look forward to seeing
some input.
Thank you and I appreicate your time and help.
Jian
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