beta.binomial: Beta-Binomial Prior Distribution for Models
Description
Creates an object representing the prior distribution on models for BAS.
Usage
beta.binomial(alpha = 1, beta = 1)
Value
returns an object of class "prior", with the family and
hyperparameters.
Arguments
alpha
parameter in the beta prior distribution
beta
parameter in the beta prior distribution
Author
Merlise Clyde
Details
The beta-binomial distribution on model size is obtained by assigning each
variable inclusion indicator independent Bernoulli distributions with
probability w, and then giving w a beta(alpha,beta) distribution.
Marginalizing over w leads to the distribution on model size having the
beta-binomial distribution. The default hyperparameters lead to a uniform
distribution over model size.
See Also
bas.lm, Bernoulli,uniform
Other priors modelpriors:
Bernoulli(),
Bernoulli.heredity(),
tr.beta.binomial(),
tr.poisson(),
tr.power.prior(),
uniform()