If You Begin with a ______ and Obtain Additional Data

question 36

Multiple Choice

If you begin with a ______ and obtain additional data from an experiment you can form a ______.

• A)posterior distribution; prior distribution
• B)prior distribution; posterior distribution
• C)tight posterior; Bayesian analysis
• D)tight prior; Bayesian analysis
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

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