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posterior_predict

Generic function for drawing from the posterior predictive distribution


Description

Draw from the posterior predictive distribution of the outcome. See posterior_predict.stanreg() in the rstanarm package for an example.

Usage

posterior_predict(object, ...)

Arguments

object

The object to use.

...

Arguments passed to methods. See the methods in the rstanarm package for examples.

Value

posterior_predict() methods should return a D by N matrix, where D is the number of draws from the posterior predictive distribution and N is the number of data points being predicted per draw.

See Also

  • Guidelines and recommendations for developers of R packages interfacing with Stan and a demonstration getting a simple package working can be found in the vignettes included with rstantools and at mc-stan.org/rstantools/articles.

Examples

# See help("posterior_predict", package = "rstanarm")

rstantools

Tools for Developing R Packages Interfacing with 'Stan'

v2.1.1
GPL (>= 3)
Authors
Jonah Gabry [aut, cre], Ben Goodrich [aut], Martin Lysy [aut], Stefan Siegert [ctb], Trustees of Columbia University [cph]
Initial release
2020-07-05

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