README FILE

This folder contains files that you will need for your
homework assignment.

hdata.dat - heart transplant mortality data - 94 by 2 matrix = [z e]
          - put data into Matlab using command
          load hdata.dat
          
poigam.m - Matlab function which contains definition of log posterior
          of hyperparameters
          
rgamma.m - Matlab function which simulates from a gamma distribution
          with parameters a and b

rbivnorm - Matlab function which simulates a single value from a bivariate 			normal distribution

bb_exch - Matlab function which illustrates simulating from a beta/binomial
	    exchangeable model