cauchy: Cauchy Distribution for Prior Specification

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Cauchy Distribution for Prior Specification

Description

Creates a Cauchy distribution object for use with prior().

Usage

cauchy(mu = 0, sigma = 1)

Arguments

mu	Location parameter. Default: 0
sigma	Scale parameter. Must be positive. Default: 1

Value

An object of class "clm_dist" representing a Cauchy distribution.

See Also

prior(), normal(), gamma(), student_t()

Examples

# Create a Cauchy prior (weakly informative)
cauchy(0, 2.5)

# Use with prior()
prior(cauchy(0, 2.5), class = "b")

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