pbetat {LearnBayes}R Documentation

Bayesian test of a proportion

Description

Bayesian test that a proportion is equal to a specified value using a beta prior

Usage

pbetat(p0,prob,ab,data)

Arguments

p0 value of the proportion to be tested
prob prior probability of the hypothesis
ab vector of parameter values of the beta prior under the alternative hypothesis
data vector containing the number of successes and number of failures

Value

bf the Bayes factor in support of the null hypothesis
post the posterior probability of the null hypothesis

Author(s)

Jim Albert

Examples

p0=.5
prob=.5
ab=c(10,10)
data=c(5,15)
pbetat(p0,prob,ab,data)

[Package LearnBayes version 2.0 Index]