diffBeta1 function

First derivative of beta minus-log-pdf with respect to first parameter

First derivative of -log(beta pdf) wrt a (first) parameter

diffBeta1(x,a,b)

Arguments

• x: beta value
• a: a parameter (first)
• b: b parameter (second)

Details

First derivative of beta minus-log-pdf with respect to first parameter; used for maximum likelihood estimation, not typically called by user.

Returns

first derivative with respect to a (first) parameter

Author(s)

E. Andres Houseman

See Also

diffBeta2,scoreOxBS