Re: [R] Calculating DIC from MCMC output

2007-04-03 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 4/2/2007 10:07 PM, Kyle Edwards wrote: > Greetings all, > > I'm a newcomer to Bayesian stats, and I'm trying to calculate the > Deviance Information Criterion "by hand" from some MCMC output. > However, having consulted several sources, I am left confused as to > the exact terms to use. T

[R] Calculating DIC from MCMC output

2007-04-02 Thread Kyle Edwards
Greetings all, I'm a newcomer to Bayesian stats, and I'm trying to calculate the Deviance Information Criterion "by hand" from some MCMC output. However, having consulted several sources, I am left confused as to the exact terms to use. The most common formula can be written as DIC = 2*Mean