sirt (version 1.14-0)

prior_model_parse: Parsing a Prior Model

Description

Parses a string specifying a prior model which is needed for the prior argument in amh

Usage

prior_model_parse(prior_model)

Arguments

prior_model

String specifying the prior conforming to R syntax.

Value

List with specified prior distributions for parameters as needed for the prior argument in amh

See Also

amh

Examples

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# EXAMPLE 1: Toy example prior distributions
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#*** define prior model as a string
prior_model <- "
  # prior distributions means
  mu1 ~ dnorm( NA , mean=0 , sd=1 )
  mu2 ~ dnorm(NA)       # mean T2 and T3
  # prior distribution standard deviation
  sig1 ~ dunif(NA,0 , max=10)
      "

#*** convert priors into a list  
res <- prior_model_parse( prior_model )
str(res)
  ##  List of 3
  ##   $ mu1 :List of 2
  ##    ..$ : chr "dnorm"
  ##    ..$ :List of 3
  ##    .. ..$ NA  : num NA
  ##    .. ..$ mean: num 0
  ##    .. ..$ sd  : num 1
  ##   $ mu2 :List of 2
  ##    ..$ : chr "dnorm"
  ##    ..$ :List of 1
  ##    .. ..$ : num NA
  ##   $ sig1:List of 2
  ##    ..$ : chr "dunif"
  ##    ..$ :List of 3
  ##    .. ..$ NA : num NA
  ##    .. ..$ NA : num 0
  ##    .. ..$ max: num 10