Hello PyMC community again, I have never encountered a shape parameter for Normal, until PyMC. Source for where I encountered this (search pm.Normal) A shape parameter is not mentioned in Normal Distribution’s Wikipedia page either. In fact, this Wikipedia page explicitly states that the shape par…

The shape argument has nothing to do with the shape parameter described by Wikipedia. Rather, it is used to indicate that a variable represents an array of random variables, each with the distribution described by parameters such as mu and sd. An example of this is in Getting started with PyMC3 : " …

pm.Normal, what is the `shape` parameter for a normal distribution?

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fool September 20, 2018, 9:10pm 3

I just realized I had not replied to your response, but I did read it. It was very helpful, thank you jjramsey.

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pm.Normal, what is the `shape` parameter for a normal distribution?

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