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Scale values in RE model are 10 but should probably be 100 #34

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jpoehl opened this issue Mar 26, 2024 · 1 comment
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Scale values in RE model are 10 but should probably be 100 #34

jpoehl opened this issue Mar 26, 2024 · 1 comment

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jpoehl commented Mar 26, 2024

prior_intercept = normal(scale = 10),
prior_trt = normal(scale = 10),

The description of the RE model specifies $\mathrm{N}(0, 100^2)$ as the prior distribution for treatment effects and intercepts, but the code uses 10, not 100, as its scale argument (unlike, for example, the FE model above).

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Well spotted, thanks!

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