#STATS: Gibbs Sampling, Sec 7. #C. Fraser 7/10/99 #Prior Plots #Generate points from four different beta density curves bounds <- c(.0001,.9999) x <- seq(bounds[1],bounds[2],length=1000) y <- dbeta(x,2,50) beta.plot2 <- dbeta(x,2,20) beta.plot3 <- dbeta(x,1,1) beta.plot4 <- dbeta(x,7,5) #Plot four different beta priors plot(x, y, type = "l", xlab = "Prevalence", ylab = "Density") lines(x,beta.plot2, lty=1) lines(x,beta.plot3, lty=1) lines(x,beta.plot4, lty=1) title("Figure 2. Beta Prior Distributions for Prevalence.") legend(c(.07, .36), c(13,15), "alpha = 2, beta = 50", bty="n") legend(c(.11, .40), c(6,8), "alpha = 2, beta = 20", bty="n") legend(c(.45, .74), c(3.3,5.3), "alpha = 7, beta = 5", bty="n") legend(c(.83, 1.00), c(1.5,4), c("alpha = 1,", "beta = 1"), bty="n")