Table 4 DIC values for model comparison
From: Bayesian multilevel model on maternal mortality in Ethiopia
Bayesian Deviance Information Criterion (DIC) for model comparison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Model | \(\widehat{D}\) | D(\(\widehat{\theta }\)) | Pd | DIC |
Null model | 1222.06 | 1061.04 | 161.02 | 1383.09 |
Random intercept | 1110.73 | 939.70 | 171.03 | 1281.76 |
Random coefficient | 1047.24 | 862.73 | 184.51 | 1231.75 |