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Explain why R-hat and ESS do not apply to the sampler diagnostics - #1000
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Thanks much for adding. Looks great.
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quarto render analysis.qmd --to html, Quarto 1.8.26)<<{ since VERSION }>>(no new functions)Summary
@bob-carpenter asked for this text in the discussion of stan-dev/cmdstan#1363, which removes MCSE, ESS, and R-hat from the sampler diagnostic rows of
stansummary.I'm not sure if the placement is the best, but the contents of the paragraph is the same what I wrote in stan-dev/cmdstan#1363 (just a bit more polished sentences).
reference-manual/analysis.qmd, section "Convergence is global": adds the subsection "Sampler diagnostics".Copyright and Licensing
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This PR was assisted by Claude