easystats / easystats/insight

n_obs(..., disaggregate = TRUE) for brms models with `trials()` or `weights()`

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Description

For binomial and multinomial trials with a | trials() or | weights() argument, there should be an option to get disaggregate the data and return the total number of trials, like we do with 'glm' models.

library(brms)
m <- brm(incidence | trials(size) ~ period, data = lme4::cbpp, family = "binomial")
n_obs(m)
n_obs(m, disaggregate = TRUE)

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Start by locating the R implementation of n_obs() and its existing disaggregate handling for glm models. Trace how brms models with trials() or weights() are represented, then make disaggregate = TRUE return the total number of trials for binomial and multinomial models, matching the requested examples.

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r
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data
Issue type
Feature
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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