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GammaPriorCh

Compute Parameters to Calibrate a Gamma Distribution

Description

Compute parameters to calibrate the prior distribution of a relative risk that has a gamma distribution.

Usage

GammaPriorCh(theta, prob, d)

Arguments

theta

upper quantile
prob

upper quantile
d

degrees of freedom

Value

A list containing

a

shape parameter
b

rate parameter

Author(s)

Jon Wakefield

See Also

Examples

param <- GammaPriorCh(5, 0.975,1)
curve(dgamma(x,shape=param$a,rate=param$b),from=0,to=6,n=1000,ylab="density")
SpatialEpi

Methods and Data for Spatial Epidemiology

v1.2.3
GPL-2
Authors
Cici Chen [ctb], Albert Y. Kim [aut, cre], Michelle Ross [ctb], Jon Wakefield [aut]
Initial release

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