Chapter 23

Tools in the Trunk

Contents

23.1 Reporting a Bayesian Analysis

23.1.1 Essential Points

23.1.2 Optional Points

23.1.3 Helpful Points

23.2 MCMC Burn-in and Thinning

23.3 Functions for Approximating Highest Density Intervals

23.3.1 R Code for Computing HDI of a Grid Approximation

23.3.2 R Code for Computing HDI of an MCMC Sample

23.3.4 R Code for Computing HDI of a Function

23.4 Reparameterization of Probability Distributions

23.4.1 Examples

23.4.2 Reparameterization of Two Parameters

She changes her hair, and he changes his style,

She paints on her face, and he wears a fake smile,

She shrink wraps her head, and he stretches the truth;

But they’ll always be stuck with their done wasted youth.

This chapter includes a few important topics ...

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