biodiverse / ubms

Fit models to data from unmarked animals using Stan. Uses a similar interface to the R package 'unmarked', while providing the advantages of Bayesian inference and allowing estimation of random effects.
https://hmecology.github.io/ubms/
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Default priors too informative in some cases #33

Closed kenkellner closed 3 years ago

kenkellner commented 3 years ago

When the true value of a coefficient is relatively large (>3-4 for a standardized covariate), the estimated value might be pulled too much towards zero. Need to set even weaker default priors e.g. normal(0,10).