rvbeta {rv}R Documentation

Generate Random Vectors from a Beta Sampling Model

Description

rvbeta

Usage

  rvbeta(n=1, shape1, shape2)

Arguments

n integer, number of random variables to generate
shape1 positive number or rv, 1st shape parameter
shape2 positive number or rv, 2nd shape parameter

Details

rvbeta

Author(s)

Jouni Kerman jouni@kerman.com

References

Kerman, J. and Gelman, A. (2007). Manipulating and Summarizing Posterior Simulations Using Random Variable Objects. Statistics and Computing 17:3, 235-244.

See also vignette("rv").

Examples

   n <- 12         # sample size
   y <- (0:(n-1))  # observations
   a <- b <- 1     # a uniform prior
   rvbeta(1, shape1=a+y, shape2=b+n-y)

[Package rv version 1.0 Index]