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<h4>Posterior Predictive Checking</h4>
<p>Posterior predictive checks typically use the parameters of the model
to generate simulated data (at the individual and optionally at the
group level for hierarchical models), which can then be compared
informally using plots and formally by means of test statistics, to
the actual data in order to assess the suitability of the model; see
Chapter 6 of <span class="citation">(Gelman et al. <a href="#ref-GelmanEtAl:2013">2013</a>)</span> for more informa