get_direct_bias function

Obtain direct bias that measure the discrepancy of a posterior distribution of pie and a true pie.

get_direct_bias(DIR_list, truth = NULL, silent = FALSE)

Arguments

• DIR_list: The list of where Bayesian results are stored

• truth: True etiologic fraction vector (must sum to 1) used to generate data; Default is NULL. If a vector is supplied, then only the first path in DIR_LIST

  is used.

• silent: Default is FALSE. To suppress printing messages, set to TRUE.

Returns

a list of length two. diff is the direct differences; prb is the percent relative bias.