Some bayesian analyses of fecundability

In this study,an attempt has been made to estimate the mean value of fecundability by various classical and non-classical methods. the classical methods are method of moments and method of maximum likelihood. the non-classical methods are standard bayes,hierarchical bayes,and empirical bayes. for this purpose,the present study utilizes the bangladesh demographic and health survey (bdhs) data 1999-2000. in the analysis of fecundability,we have seen that the mean value of fecundability is about 0.046 whatever the estimation methods be. © 2012 pakistan journal of statistics.