Re: How can I specify a prior in proc fmm using the Bayes statement?

DaLack — Thu, 05 May 2016 18:00:02 GMT

Many thanks for the answer.

But is there a way to force SAS to accept another prior than the distribution selected in the model statement? Because otherwise I couldn't use the beta distribution for a mixture of normal distributions at least with respect to the option mupriorparms.

Re: How can I specify a prior in proc fmm using the Bayes statement?

Rick_SAS — Fri, 06 May 2016 13:48:52 GMT

I've told you as much as I was able to gleen from the doc. I am not a Bayesian myself, so I am not the right person to advise you about how to define a prior. I've only used the non-Bayesian portions of PROC FMM.

If I were to guess, I would guess that FMM is limited to the models and priors that are defined in the doc. The BAYES statement is not a replacement for the power of PROC MCMC for doing nonstandard, general, Bayesian analyses.

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