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Rejection Sampling and Tricky Priors

June 23, 2015 by Will Kurt

We have looked at working with a variety of analytical priors, but how can you sample from a prior probability that is not so mathematically pleasant to work with? In this post we learn about Rejection Sampling as one method of solving this problem.

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June 23, 2015 /Will Kurt
June 2015, parameter estimation
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Moments of a Random Variable Explained

June 09, 2015 by Will Kurt

Why is Variance related to X squared? To understand this we need to understand Moments of a Random Variable. Read on to learn about the relationship between Variance, Moments of a Random Variable and Jensen's inequality. 

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June 09, 2015 /Will Kurt
variance and expectation, June 2015
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