gwpopulation_pipe.data_collection.evaluate_prior

evaluate_prior(posts, args, dataset, meta)[source]

Evaluate the prior distribution for the input posteriors.

Parameters:
posts: dict

Dictionary of pd.DataFrame objects containing the posteriors.

args:

Input args containing the prior specification.

dataset: str

The dataset label to evaluate the prior for (i.e. “O4a”). Should be a key in args.sample_regex.

meta: dict

The per-event metadata, including e.g., the cosmology used for the analysis.

Returns:
posts: dict

The input dictionary, modified in place.