I did things this way because my applied stats knowledge is almost entirely self-taught, with all the random gaps in knowledge that implies. Thank you for letting me know about Stan and related techs: while it’s hard to tell whether they would have been a better match for my modelling context (which had some relevant weirdnesses I can’t share because confidentiality), they definitely would have made a better backup plan than “halt a key part of your organization for a few days every time you need a new model”. I’ll be sure to look into MCMC next time I deal with a comparable problem.
I did things this way because my applied stats knowledge is almost entirely self-taught, with all the random gaps in knowledge that implies. Thank you for letting me know about Stan and related techs: while it’s hard to tell whether they would have been a better match for my modelling context (which had some relevant weirdnesses I can’t share because confidentiality), they definitely would have made a better backup plan than “halt a key part of your organization for a few days every time you need a new model”. I’ll be sure to look into MCMC next time I deal with a comparable problem.
Fixed, thank you again.