firecrown.likelihood.student_t
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.. py:module:: firecrown.likelihood.student_t

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   The Student-t likelihood.



Classes
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.. autoapisummary::

   firecrown.likelihood.student_t.StudentT


Module Contents
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.. py:class:: StudentT(statistics, nu = None)

   Bases: :py:obj:`firecrown.likelihood.gaussfamily.GaussFamily`

   .. autoapi-inheritance-diagram:: firecrown.likelihood.student_t.StudentT
      :parts: 1


   A T-distribution for the log-likelihood.

   This distribution is appropriate when the covariance has been obtained
   from a finite number of simulations. See Sellentin & Heavens
   (2016; arXiv:1511.05969). As the number of simulations increases, the
   T-distribution approaches a Gaussian.


   .. py:attribute:: nu


   .. py:method:: compute_loglike(tools)

      Compute the log-likelihood.

      :param tools: The modeling tools used to compute the likelihood.
      :return: The log-likelihood.