Cauchy Distribution for Prior Specification

Creates a Cauchy distribution object for use with prior().

Usage

cauchy(mu = 0, sigma = 1)

Arguments

mu

Location parameter. Default: 0

sigma

Scale parameter. Must be positive. Default: 1

Value

An object of class "clm_dist" representing a Cauchy distribution.

See also

prior(), normal(), gamma(), student_t()

Examples

# Create a Cauchy prior (weakly informative)
cauchy(0, 2.5)
#> cauchy(0, 2.5) 

# Use with prior()
prior(cauchy(0, 2.5), class = "b")
#> Prior: cauchy(0, 2.5)
#> Class: b