dmphillippo / multinma

Network meta-analysis of individual and aggregate data in Stan
https://dmphillippo.github.io/multinma
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Scale values in RE model are 10 but should probably be 100 #34

Closed jpoehl closed 4 months ago

jpoehl commented 5 months ago

https://github.com/dmphillippo/multinma/blob/dba35ad233b342290e08aa84a0e79ce49be8ae17/vignettes/example_dietary_fat.Rmd#L101-L102

The description of the RE model specifies $\mathrm{N}(0, 100^2)$ as the prior distribution for treatment effects and intercepts, but the code uses 10, not 100, as its scale argument (unlike, for example, the FE model above).

dmphillippo commented 4 months ago

Well spotted, thanks!