The Denominator of Bayes' Rule

question 8

Multiple Choice

The denominator of Bayes' rule:

• A) is the same as the simple probability of an outcome O. 
• B) decomposes the probability of the new information I into all possibilities.​ 
• C) is sometimes called the law of complementary probabilities.​ 
• D) is unique for each possible outcome.

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