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Table 3 Summary of fit of statistical models

From: Applications and limitations of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention miniature light traps for measuring biting densities of African malaria vector populations: a pooled-analysis of 13 comparisons with human landing catches

Model

Deviance (ergodic average) \(\bar{D}\)

Effective number of parameters (\(p_{D}\))

Deviance information criterion (DIC) [75] \(DIC = p_{D} + \bar{D}\)

Model 1

26,579.7

854.4

27,434.2

Model 2

22,656.8

867.9

23,524.6

  1. The model with the lower DIC (Model 2) is the best fitting.