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Document that PPC functions are also for prior PCs

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#196 opened on May 20, 2019

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Just noticed that this isn’t discussed anywhere, but the PPC functions have always also been very useful for prior predictive checking, not just posterior checking.

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Add a note in the documentation clarifying that PPC functions can be used for prior predictive checking as well.
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