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Osvaldo Martin
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Osvaldo Martin is a researcher at CONICET, in Argentina. He has experience using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods to simulate molecules and perform Bayesian inference. He loves to use Python to solve data analysis problems. He is especially motivated by the development and implementation of software tools for Bayesian statistics and probabilistic modeling. He is an open-source developer, and he contributes to Python libraries like PyMC, ArviZ and Bambi among others. He is interested in all aspects of the Bayesian workflow, including numerical methods for inference, diagnosis of sampling, evaluation and criticism of models, comparison of models and presentation of results.
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10.9 Monte Carlo standard error

Even if we have a very low and a very high value of ESS. The samples from MCMC are still finite, and thus we are introducing an error in the estimation of the posterior parameters. Fortunately, we can estimate the error, and it is called the Monte Carlo Standard Error (MCSE). The estimation of the MCSE takes into account that the samples are not truly independent of each other. The precision we want in our results is limited by this value. If the MCSE for a parameter is 0.2, it does not make sense to report a parameter as 2.54. Instead, if we repeat the simulation (with a different random seed), we should expect that for 68% of the results, we obtain values in the range 2.54 ± 0.2. Similarly, for 95% of them, we should get values in the range 2.54 ± 0.4. Here, I am assuming the MCSE distributes normally and then using the fact that 68% of the value of a Gaussian is within one standard deviation and 95% is within two standard...

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Osvaldo Martin

Osvaldo Martin is a researcher at CONICET, in Argentina. He has experience using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods to simulate molecules and perform Bayesian inference. He loves to use Python to solve data analysis problems. He is especially motivated by the development and implementation of software tools for Bayesian statistics and probabilistic modeling. He is an open-source developer, and he contributes to Python libraries like PyMC, ArviZ and Bambi among others. He is interested in all aspects of the Bayesian workflow, including numerical methods for inference, diagnosis of sampling, evaluation and criticism of models, comparison of models and presentation of results.
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