Data Dependent Priors.

DESCRIPTION:

Computes data dependent priors.

This function is generic (see Methods); method functions can be written to handle specific classes of data. Classes which already have methods for this function include: preLoglin, preGauss, preCgm.

USAGE:

dataDepPrior(object, ...) 

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:

object
the object for which a data dependent prior is desired.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:

...
methods may have additional arguments.

VALUE:

a data dependent prior.

REFERENCES:

Schafer, J. L. (1997), Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data, Chapman & Hall, London.

SEE ALSO:

, , , .

EXAMPLES:

dataDepPrior(object = preGauss(marijuana), scale = 1.4, df = 2) 
dataDepPrior(object = preLoglin(crime), nPriorObs = 5, 
                              algorithm = "da") 
dataDepPrior(object = preCgm(stlouis3), nPriorObs = 5, 
                           algorithm = "da")