Diversity in substance use behaviour among street children of Delhi under Bayesian paradigm

Table 1 Classical and Bayesian estimates of Shannon diversity index (SDI)

S	p	n	\(\hat {H}(\boldsymbol {p})\)				\(\hat {H}^{B}(\boldsymbol {p})\)				\(V\left (\hat {H}(\boldsymbol {p})\right)\)				\(V\left (\hat {H}^{B}(\boldsymbol {p})\right)\)
			S				S				S				S
			1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
2	(0.1,0.2)	10	1.37	1.53			1.86	1.86			1.16	1.19			0.040	0.030
	(0.3,0.5)	10	1.76	1.88			1.78	1.94			1.17	1.05			0.046	0.014
	(0.6,0.8)	10	1.96	1.90			2.01	2.02			0.96	1.01			0.007	0.007
	(0.1,0.2)	50	1.82	1.90			1.77	1.94			1.06	0.84			0.040	0.010
	(0.3,0.5)	50	1.96	1.97			2.04	2.02			0.69	0.57			0.003	0.002
	(0.1,0.2)	100	1.93	1.95			2.05	1.99			0.81	0.63			0.008	0.003
3	(0.1,0.2)	10	1.73	2.09	0.76		2.54	2.67	2.45		1.14	1.18	0.74		0.147	0.011	0.160
	(0.3,0.5)	10	2.46	2.54	2.55		2.75	2.82	2.85		1.02	1.02	0.97		0.007	0.001	0.050
	(0.6,0.8)	10	2.55	2.54	2.57		2.60	2.69	2.65		0.85	0.90	0.83		0.021	0.051	0.024
	(0.1,0.2)	50	2.52	2.54	2.57		2.74	2.68	2.69		0.82	0.81	0.75		0.010	0.023	0.022
	(0.3,0.5)	50	2.56	2.57	2.58		2.75	2.65	2.74		0.51	0.52	0.47		0.004	0.013	0.007
	(0.1,0.2)	100	2.55	2.56	2.58		2.60	2.65	2.76		0.59	0.59	0.53		0.018	0.013	0.009
4	(0.1,0.2)	10	2.63	2.88	2.88	2.16	3.33	3.66	3.45	3.37	1.12	1.14	1.10	1.20	0.039	0.030	0.048	0.039
	(0.3,0.5)	10	2.88	2.76	2.80	2.92	2.95	3.21	3.37	3.13	0.85	0.99	1.03	0.95	0.023	0.058	0.073	0.082
	(0.6,0.8)	10	2.96	2.96	2.95	2.96	3.00	2.90	3.02	2.94	0.73	0.75	0.78	0.76	0.045	0.006	0.062	0.074
	(0.1,0.2)	50	2.91	2.87	2.87	2.93	2.91	3.00	3.31	3.15	0.63	0.79	0.84	0.75	0.006	0.109	0.099	0.093
	(0.3,0.5)	50	2.98	2.97	2.97	2.98	2.91	3.02	3.27	2.90	0.39	0.48	0.51	0.45	0.006	0.062	0.101	0.006
	(0.1,0.2)	100	2.96	2.96	2.97	2.97	2.83	2.91	3.02	2.91	0.55	0.52	0.53	0.47	0.000	0.006	0.062	0.006

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