post_sample {ashr}

post_sample

Description

returns random samples from the posterior, given a prior distribution m and n observed datapoints.

Usage

post_sample(m, data, nsamp)

Arguments

m

prior distribution (eg of type normalmix)

data

a list with components x and s, each vectors of length n, to be interpreted as a normally-distributed observations and corresponding standard errors

nsamp

number of random samples to return for each observation

Details

exported, but mostly users will want to use 'get_post_sample'

Value

an nsamp by n matrix