norm.known.var {BaM} | R Documentation |
norm.known.var
Description
A function to calculate posterior quanties for a normal-normal model with known variance (pages 70-72). It produces the posterior mean, variance, and 95% credible interval for user-specified prior.
Usage
norm.known.var(data.vec,pop.var,prior.mean,prior.var)
Arguments
data.vec |
a vector of assumed normally distributed data |
pop.var |
known population variance |
prior.mean |
mean of specified prior distribution for mu |
prior.var |
variance of specified prior distribution for mu |
Author(s)
Jeff Gill
[Package BaM version 1.0.3 Index]