# More flexible than Dirichlet-multinomial: gamma-multinomial (?)

**URL:** <https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/more-flexible-than-dirichlet-multinomial-gamma-multinomial/4519>\
**Category:** Modeling\
**Tags:** bioinformatics, dirichlet-multinomial, techniques\
**Created:** [June 14, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/more-flexible-than-dirichlet-multinomial-gamma-multinomial/4519 "2018-06-14T06:18:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/more-flexible-than-dirichlet-multinomial-gamma-multinomial/4519/20 "2020-05-12T14:13:21Z")

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Split this topic on May 12, 2020, 2:13pm UTC

4 posts were split to a new topic: [Choosing prior for “overdispersion” in Dirichlet Multinomial distribution](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/choosing-prior-for-overdispersion-in-dirichlet-multinomial-distribution/15064)

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