WardBrian/scikit-stan

Change None specification for priors to be Stan default flat priors

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Prior selection currently defaults to autoscaled normal priors and doesn't allow for flat priors. Change the API so the default Stan flat priors are accessible.

See commit 561af87. As stated in the updated documentation, a user can access the Stan default flat priors by passing empty dictionaries {} for any of the regression coefficients. The current set-up ensures that this can be done for individual regression parameters while priors can still be specified for other regression parameters.