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A probability distribution for unknown parameters after combining prior information with observed data and a model.
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Name a parameter distribution after data update the prior.Explain the updated uncertainty in a Bayesian analysis.
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- posterior distribution of a parameter
- estimate a posterior distribution
- posterior probability
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The posterior distribution concentrated near zero after the second dataset was included.
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- posterior distribution
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A posterior depends on the likelihood, prior, and model; it summarizes uncertainty after observing data.
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