SpecKnown-class: A S4 class to specify a Known prior.

SpecKnown-classR Documentation

A S4 class to specify a Known prior.

Description

An object of class SpecKnown specifies a prior in which parameter[j] ~ N(mean[j], sd[j]^2), where sd[j] can be 0. For details, see the documentation for function Known.

Slots

alphaKnown

Mean values.

AKnownVec

Standard deviations.

metadata

Metadata for mean values and standard deviations.

Warning

In normal usage, it should not be necessary to access, or even know about, the slots of a SpecKnown 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.