hpd.overlap: Check whether hpds of two distributions overlap
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hpd.overlap

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Check whether hpds of two distributions overlap

Description

Checks whether any of the highest posterior densities (hpds) of two distributions overlap.

Usage

hpd.overlap(distA, distB, prob = 0.95)

Arguments

`distA`	Distribution A. Expects two columns: values and their probabilities (e.g., caldist(130,10, cc=1)).
`distB`	Distribution B. Expects two columns: values and their probabilities (e.g., caldist(130,10, cc=1)).
`prob`	The probability of the highest posterior densities. Defaults to 95%.

Value

TRUE if at least one of the hpds of distA overlaps with that of distB.

Examples

  distA <- caldist(130, 20, cc=0) # normal distribution
  distB <- caldist(130, 20, cc=1, bombalert=FALSE) # calibrated distribution
  plot(distB, type="l")
  lines(distA, col=2)
  hpd.overlap(distA, distB)

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