R: Logarithm of Howard's dependent prior for two proportions

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## Logarithm of Howard's dependent prior for two proportions

### Description

Computes the logarithm of a dependent prior on two proportions proposed by Howard in a Statistical Science paper in 1998.

### Usage

    howardprior(xy,par)

### Arguments

`xy` | vector of proportions p1 and p2
`par` | vector containing parameter values alpha, beta, gamma, delta, sigma

### Value

value of the log posterior

### Author(s)

Jim Albert

### Examples

    param=c(1,1,1,1,2)
    p=c(.1,.5)
    howardprior(p,param)

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