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fix usage of samples vs. draws #823
Description
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".
I (and Andrew) don't like num_samples. It should be either num_draws, num_total_draws, or sample_size.
Description:
I think we can use this Google search to find all potentially problematic cases:
"samples" site:mc-stan.org/docs
Warning: there are quite a few.
Current Version:
v2.18.0 [this boilerplate needs to be updated regularly---it's really 2.35]
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WardBrian commentedon Oct 18, 2024
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”
jgabry commentedon Oct 18, 2024
Agree!