Builds a bvarnet_prior object specifying the prior family and its
parameters. Supported families in Phase 1 are "normal",
"student_t", and "cauchy".
Usage
prior(family, loc = 0, scale = 1, df = 7)
Arguments
- family
Character. One of "normal", "student_t",
"cauchy".
- loc
Location parameter (default 0).
- scale
Scale parameter (default 1). Must be > 0.
- df
Degrees of freedom for "student_t" (default 7). Must be0 when family = "student_t".
Value
A bvarnet_prior S3 object.