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posterior_predict {rstantools} | R Documentation

## Generic function for drawing from the posterior predictive distribution

### Description

Draw from the posterior predictive distribution of the outcome. See posterior_predict.stanreg() in the rstanarm package for an example.

### Usage

    posterior_predict(object, ...)

### Arguments

`object` | The object to use.
`...` | Arguments passed to methods. See the methods in the rstanarm package for examples.

### Value

`posterior_predict()` methods should return a D by N matrix, where D is the number of draws from the posterior predictive distribution and N is the number of data points being predicted per draw.

### See Also

- The rstanarm package (mc-stan.org/rstanarm) for example methods (CRAN, GitHub).

- Guidelines and recommendations for developers of R packages interfacing with Stan and a demonstration getting a simple package working can be found in the vignettes included with rstantools and at mc-stan.org/rstantools/articles.

### Examples

    # See help("posterior_predict", package = "rstanarm")

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