plot_poisson_likelihood: Plot a Poisson Likelihood Function

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Plot a Poisson Likelihood Function

Description

Plots the Poisson likelihood function for variable \lambda given a vector of Poisson counts y.

Usage

plot_poisson_likelihood(y, lambda_upper_bound = 10)

Arguments

y	vector of observed Poisson counts
lambda_upper_bound	upper bound for lambda values to display on x-axis

Value

a ggplot of Poisson likelihood

Examples

plot_poisson_likelihood(y = c(4, 2, 7), lambda_upper_bound = 10)

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