extract_stan_param: Extract a Parameter Summary from a Stan Object

extract_stan_paramR Documentation

Extract a Parameter Summary from a Stan Object

Description

[Stable] Extracts summarised parameter posteriors from a stanfit object using rstan::summary() in a format consistent with other summary functions in {EpiNow2}.

Usage

extract_stan_param(
  fit,
  params = NULL,
  CrIs = c(0.2, 0.5, 0.9),
  var_names = FALSE
)

Arguments

fit

A ⁠<stanfit>⁠ objec.

params

A character vector of parameters to extract. Defaults to all parameters.

CrIs

Numeric vector of credible intervals to calculate.

var_names

Logical defaults to FALSE. Should variables be named. Automatically set to TRUE if multiple parameters are to be extracted.

Value

A ⁠<data.table>⁠ summarising parameter posteriors. Contains a following variables: variable, mean, mean_se, sd, median, and lower_, upper_ followed by credible interval labels indicating the credible intervals present.


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