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For hierachical logistic regression why is mu_beta a single number and not a vector in the shape of self.num_pred #3

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@grechasneak

In the library the parent distribution mean value for the betas is a single number, but we can use a number of features for our model. Some of those features might have a positive effect and some might be negative, and I am wondering if it is correct to group them all under one mean value

Basically what you have written is:
mu_beta = pm.Normal('mu_beta', mu=0, sd=100)
sigma_beta = pm.HalfNormal('sigma_beta', sd=100)

And my thoughts are that it should be:

mu_beta = pm.Normal('mu_beta', mu=0, sd=100, shape=(self.num_pred,))
sigma_beta = pm.HalfNormal('sigma_beta', sd=100, shape=(self.num_pred,))

So instead of having a single mu_beta for all of the features, each feature has a unique mu_beta.

Let me know what your thoughts are on this.

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