update_var_prior: Update the MAP prior of the variance

In tobiasmuetze/varmap: Tools Related to MAP Priors for Variances

Update the MAP prior of the variance

Description

This function updates MAP prior of the variance, a mixture of inverse Gamma distributions, based on an estimated of the sample variance.

Usage

update_var_prior(prior, sample_var, degf)

Arguments

prior	a list with elements w, shape, rate specifying the parameters of the mixture of inverse Gamma distributions.
sample_var	a number specifying the observed sample variance
degf	a number specifying the degrees of freedom from the sample variance

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