Interpret the marginal likelihood estimates

Interpret the marginal likelihood estimates as created by est_marg_liks.

Usage

interpret_marg_lik_estimates(marg_liks)

Arguments

marg_liks

a table of (estimated) marginal likelihoods, as, for example, created by est_marg_liks. This data.frame has the following columns:

• site_model_name: name of the site model, must be an element of get_site_model_names

• clock_model_name: name of the clock model, must be an element of get_clock_model_names

• tree_prior_name: name of the tree prior, must be an element of get_tree_prior_names

• marg_log_lik: estimated marginal (natural) log likelihood

• marg_log_lik_sd: estimated error of marg_log_lik

• weight: relative model weight, a value from 1.0 (all evidence is in favor of this model combination) to 0.0 (no evidence in favor of this model combination)

• ess: effective sample size of the marginal likelihood estimation

Use get_test_marg_liks to get a test marg_liks. Use is_marg_liks to determine if a marg_liks is valid. Use check_marg_liks to check that a marg_liks is valid.

Author

Richèl J.C. Bilderbeek