Dispersion {demest} | R Documentation

## 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`.

### See Also

CMP models are specified with function `CMP`.

### Examples

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

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