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`varian` is a free, open source `R` package for *vari*ability
*an*alysis using Bayesian inference.
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### RStan
-Install the latest version of the
+Install the latest version of the
[`rstan`](https://github.com/stan-dev/rstan/wiki/RStan-Getting-Started)
package by following the directions from the creators of `Stan`, and
ensure that `Stan` is working correctly.
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## Learn about the theory
-See our open access paper on the arXiv .
+See our open access pre-print on the arXiv .
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