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fix usage of samples vs. draws #823
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this boilerplate needs to be updated regularly---it's really 2.35
Slightly off topic, but I would be in favor of removing this entirely from the docs repo. I think it’s pretty clear that issues here mean “against the currently live site”
this boilerplate needs to be updated regularly---it's really 2.35
Slightly off topic, but I would be in favor of removing this entirely from the docs repo. I think it’s pretty clear that issues here mean “against the currently live site”
Agree!
Summary:
We should be using "sample" to mean a multi-set of draws and "draw" to indicate a single draw from a sampler. We should not be saying "take N samples" but rather "take N draws" or "sample of size N".
cf. @avehtari's comment here:
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I think we can use this Google search to find all potentially problematic cases:
Warning: there are quite a few.
Current Version:
v2.18.0 [this boilerplate needs to be updated regularly---it's really 2.35]