pscl (version 1.02)

idealToMCMC: convert an object of class ideal to a coda MCMC object

Description

Converts the x element of an ideal object to an MCMC object, as used in the coda package.

Usage

idealToMCMC(object, burnin=NULL)

Arguments

object

an object of class ideal.

burnin

of the recorded MCMC samples, how many to discard as burnin? Default is NULL, in which case the value of burnin in the ideal object is used.

Value

• A mcmc object as used by the coda package, starting at iteration start, drawn from the x component of the ideal object.

See Also

ideal, mcmc

Examples

data(s109)
id1 <- ideal(s109,
             d=1,
             normalize=TRUE,
             maxiter=1100,     ## short run for demo purposes
             burnin=100,
             thin=10)
id1coda <- idealToMCMC(id1)
summary(id1coda)