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From: Bayesian Models for Astrophysical Data, Cambridge Univ. Press

(c) 2017,  Joseph M. Hilbe, Rafael S. de Souza and Emille E. O. Ishida 

 

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Code 10.13 Bernoulli model in Python using Stan, for assessing the relationship between bulge size and the fraction of red spirals

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import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import pystan 
import statsmodels.api as sm

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# Data
path_to_data = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astrobayes/BMAD/master/data/Section_10p6/Red_spirals.csv'

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# read data
data_frame = dict(pd.read_csv(path_to_data))
x = np.array(data_frame['fracdeV'])

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# prepare data for Stan
data = {}
data['X'] = sm.add_constant((x.transpose()))
data['Y'] = np.array(data_frame['type'])
data['nobs'] = data['X'].shape[0]
data['K'] = data['X'].shape[1]

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# Fit
stan_code="""
data{
    int<lower=0> nobs;                                 # number of data points
    int<lower=0> K;                                      # number of coefficients
    matrix[nobs, K] X;                                   # bulge size
    int Y[nobs];                                              # galaxy type: 1 - red, 0 - blue
}
parameters{
    vector[K] beta;                                         # linear predictor coefficients
}
model{
    # priors and likelihood
    for (i in 1:K) beta[i] ~ normal(0, 100);

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    Y ~ bernoulli_logit(X * beta);
}
"""

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# Run mcmc
fit = pystan.stan(model_code=stan_code, data=data, iter=6000, chains=3,
                            warmup=3000, thin=1, n_jobs=3)

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# Output
print(fit)

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Output on screen:

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Inference for Stan model: anon_model_6aebece066ad577d127968121539fd7a.
3 chains, each with iter=6000; warmup=3000; thin=1; 
post-warmup draws per chain=3000, total post-warmup draws=9000. 

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                 mean     se_mean         sd       2.5%       25%      50%       75%     97.5%       n_eff       Rhat
beta[0]      -4.91         3.3e-3      0.16      -5.24      -5.02      -4.91      -4.81        -4.6        2318         1.0
beta[1]       8.17         9.6e-3      0.46       7.26        7.86       8.17       8.47         9.07       2282         1.0
lp__        -954.4            0.02      0.95    -957.0    -954.8    -954.1    -953.7      -953.5       2953        1.0

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Samples were drawn using NUTS at Wed May  3 19:10:45 2017.
For each parameter, n_eff is a crude measure of effective sample size,
and Rhat is the potential scale reduction factor on split chains (at 
convergence, Rhat=1).

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