Table 5 Summary of Bayesian Methods used in primary and secondary results papers

Sample Size (used)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Sample Size (discussed)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Analysis (used)

11 (100.0)

7 (100.0)

4 (100.0)

Priors used

 Informative

2 (18.2)^a

1 (14.3)^a

1 (25.0)

 Weakly Informative

1 (9.1)

1 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

 Non-informative

5 (45.5)^a

3 (42.9)^a

2 (50.0)

 Unspecified

4 (36.4)

3 (42.9)

1 (25.0)

Analysis (discussed)

N/A

N/A

N/A