Bayesian Analysis with Python - Second Edition

Regression with spatial autocorrelation

The following example is taken from the book, Statistical Rethinking, by Richard McElreath. The author kindly allowed me to reuse his example here. I strongly recommend reading his book, as you will find many good examples like this and very good explanations. The only caveat is that the book examples are in R/Stan, but don't worry and keep sampling; you will find the Python/PyMC3 version of those examples in https://github.com/pymc-devs/resources. Well, going back to the example, we have 10 different island-societies; for each one of them, we have the number of tools they use. Some theories predict that larger populations develop and sustain more tools than smaller populations. Another important factor ...