simhyper {SUMMER}

Simulate hyperpriors from an GMRF

Description

Simulate hyperpriors from an GMRF

Usage

simhyper(
  R = 2,
  nsamp = 1e+05,
  nsamp.check = 5000,
  Amat = NULL,
  nperiod = 6,
  only.iid = TRUE
)

Arguments

R

Desired prior odds ratio. Default to 2, i.e., a 95% prior interval for the residual odds ratios lies in the interval (R, 1/R).

nsamp

Sample to simulate for scaling factor

nsamp.check

Sample to simulate for checking range

Amat

Adjacency matrix of the areas in the data.

nperiod

numerical value of how many time periods in the data

only.iid

Indicator for whether or not only IID hyperpriors are simulated

Author(s)

Zehang Richard Li, Laina Mercer

References

Wakefield, J. Multi-level modelling, the ecologic fallacy, and hybrid study designs. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2009, vol. 38 (pg. 330-336).

Examples

## Not run: 
data(DemoMap)
mat <- DemoMap$Amat
priors <- simhyper(R = 2, nsamp = 1e+05, nsamp.check = 5000, Amat = mat)

## End(Not run)