Bayes factor bullet charts (ligo.skymap.plot.bayes_factor)

Bullet charts for Bayes factors.

ligo.skymap.plot.bayes_factor.plot_bayes_factor(logb, values=(1, 3, 5), labels=('', 'strong', 'very strong'), xlim=7, title=None, palette='RdYlBu', var_label='B')

Visualize a Bayes factor as a bullet graph.

Make a bar chart of a log Bayes factor as compared to a set of subjective threshold values. By default, use the thresholds from Kass & Raftery (1995).

Parameters:

logbfloat

The natural logarithm of the Bayes factor.

valueslist

A list of floating point values for human-friendly confidence levels.

labelslist

A list of string labels for human-friendly confidence levels.

xlimfloat

Limits of plot (-xlim to +xlim).

titlestr

Title for plot.

palettestr

Color palette.

var_labelstr

The variable symbol used in plotting

Returns:

figMatplotlib figure

axMatplotlib axes

Examples

from ligo.skymap.plot.bayes_factor import plot_bayes_factor
plot_bayes_factor(6.3, title='BAYESTAR is awesome')

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