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nlfh (version 0.1.0)

summary.nlfh_fit: Summarize a Fitted Nonlinear Fay-Herriot Model

Description

Computes posterior summaries from the MCMC draws stored in a fitted nlfh_fit object. The returned object is structured for downstream use and is not printed directly by summary().

Usage

# S3 method for nlfh_fit
summary(object, ...)

Value

An object with classes summary.nlfh_fit and summary, containing:

call

Original model call.

method

Model fitting method.

formula

Formula, if the formula interface was used.

model_type

Human-readable model type.

mcmc

Stored MCMC settings and draw counts.

diagnostics

Available MCMC diagnostics and metadata.

coefficients

Posterior summaries of coefficient draws, if present.

variance

Posterior summaries of variance parameters.

areas

Posterior summaries of area-level estimates theta_i.

dic

DIC, if available.

variable_importance

BART variable-importance proportions, if available. The first model-matrix column is treated as a baseline/intercept column and is excluded.

Arguments

object

An object inheriting from class nlfh_fit.

...

Additional arguments passed to methods. Currently unused.

Details

Posterior summaries include the mean, standard deviation, median, 2.5% quantile, and 97.5% quantile. Summaries are computed for area-level estimates theta_i, variance parameters, and regression or hidden-layer coefficients when those draws are available.