Bayesian Inference in Stata 13?

[Brett Gall]

I am using remote access to a government server such that I am not able to access the machine directly and instead send programs to the server and it returns results. Unfortunately, this means I must use the version of the software installed on the server: Stata 13.

Are there any previous user attempts to implement basic Bayesian models and relevant algorithms (e.g. Gibbs samplers) in Stata 13? Although I could probably do this in R and Python if that was an option on the server, the prospects of writing my own versions in Stata sound nightmarish given my limited knowledge of Mata and development in Stata.

[Carlo Lazzaro]

Brett:
welcome to the list.
Typing -help bayes- from within Stata 13 gives back some interesting entries.
A valuable textbook for Stata user is http://www.stata.com/bookstore/bayes...is-with-stata/

[Jan Sadowski]

Dear Carlo,
I would like to understand the difference between possibilities of coding a non-standard formal function with Bayesian modules in Stata 15 and earlier Stata versions Stata 14/13.
There is a non-standard likelihood function that is implementable in WinBugs, but I wonder if I could program it for Bayesian analysis in Stata 15 in a relatively easy way; Will it be less complex in Stata 15 than programming it with Stata-13-user-created modules for Bayesian analyses?
Thank you in advance for any hint or any thought on this.

Kind regards,