bayes.boot: Bayesian bootstrap

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Bayesian bootstrap

Description

Performs a Bayesian bootstrap for a statistic defined via a suitable function.

Usage

bayes.boot(x, fun, nboot = 1000, cluster = NULL, ...)

Arguments

x	a numeric vector to be passed as the first argument to fun
fun	the function to bootstrap; must accept data x and weights w (in that order), and return a data frame
nboot	the number of bootstraps to perform
cluster	an optional cluster for running bootstraps in parallel; must be set up using parallel::makeCluster
...	any other arguments for fun

Value

An object of class bayes.boot; a data frame with the following columns:

boot.id	the bootstrap iteration index
...	any columns returned by fun

Author(s)

Ryan Thompson <[e-mail]>

Examples

set.seed(123)

boot <- bayes.boot(MASS::galaxies, fun = fit.family, nboot = 100)
head(boot)

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