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brms_summary_measures()

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Description

It would be nice if there was a summarise_draws() helper function along the lines of brms_summary_measures(), which only returned the typical four brms summary columns for the mean, SD, and 95% intervals.

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Research direction

Start by locating brms_summary_measures() and the existing draw-summary APIs in the posterior package. Determine how a summarise_draws() helper should expose the mean, SD, and 95% interval columns, then add focused tests showing the expected output and run the relevant package test suite.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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