You Have Just Joined the Performance Modelling Team for a National

question 5

Multiple Choice

You have just joined the performance modelling team for a national elite sports programme. Your boss has decided that from now on the team will adopt a Bayesian approach. However, not all staff understand what this is; your boss asks you to present a training session. How would you explain a Bayesian approach in your session introduction?

• A) An approach where you do not modify the likelihood of your statistical model as more data is collected.
• B) An approach that allows you to focus on testing the null hypothesis based on data collection.
• C) An approach that allows you to update the likelihood of your statistical model as more data is collected.
• D) An approach where you reject your statistical model once data is collected.

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