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Dispersion {demest}

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Specify the prior for the dispersion parameter in a CMP model.

Description

Specify the prior for the dispersion parameter (often denoted 'nu') in a CMP or COM-Poisson model. The dispersion parameter is assumed to have a distribution

log ν_i \sim N(μ, σ^2)

Usage

Dispersion(mean = 0, sd = 1)

Arguments

`mean`	A scalar, defaulting to 0.
`sd`	A scalar, defaulting to 1.

Value

An object of class Dispersion.

Examples

Dispersion()
Dispersion(mean = 1, sd = 0.3)