SpecExchFixed-class: A S4 class to specify a simple exchangeable prior.

In StatisticsNZ/demest: Bayesian Demographic Estimation and Forecasting

A S4 class to specify a simple exchangeable prior.

Description

An object of class SpecExchFixed specifies a prior in which parameter[j] ~ N(mean, sd^2). For details, see the documentation for function ExchFixed.

Slots

mean

Mean.

tau

Standard deviation.

multTau

Multiplier applied to default value for tau.

Warning

In normal usage, it should not be necessary to access, or even know about, the slots of a SpecExchFixed object. The slots are not part of the API of the package, and may change in future.

See Also

Object of class SpecExchFixed should be generated using function ExchFixed. More complicated exchangeable priors are specified by object of class SpecExch.

StatisticsNZ/demest documentation built on Nov. 2, 2023, 7:56 p.m.