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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hello,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Can anyone tell me if there might</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">be</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">a way to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">i</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">mplement</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"> a vector (or matrix) of priors in the INITI</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">A</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">L</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ZATION_SECTIO</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">N without</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">using a pin file?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> I tried simply creating a vector</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and assigning it (paramx priorx) but that just reinforced the expectation of a double constant.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> I’m looking for something programmatic that I can modify conveniently</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, wher</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">as the pin is more of a chore</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (lots of parameters with default priors</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and I haven’t settled on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">all</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the parameters themselves yet)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
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