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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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Bayesian A/B Testing: A Hypothesis Test that Makes Sense

May 12, 2015 by Will Kurt

Confused by Hypothesis tesing used in A/B Tests? In this post we take a look at building an A/B from scratch the Bayesian way!

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May 12, 2015 /Will Kurt
May 2015, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, popular
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Bayesian Priors for Parameter Estimation

April 21, 2015 by Will Kurt

We've already looked at Bayesian Parameter Estimation, now we'll learn how to use Prior Probabilities in our Parameter Estimation to get better results.

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April 21, 2015 /Will Kurt
April 2015, parameter estimation
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Parameter Estimation - The PDF, CDF and Quantile Function

April 14, 2015 by Will Kurt

Discover the fundamental of Bayesian Parameter estimation. Learn to use the Probability Density Function, Cumulative Distribution Function and Quantile Function to estimate unknown values in our data.

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April 14, 2015 /Will Kurt
parameter estimation, April 2015
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Working with Probability Distributions

March 31, 2015 by Will Kurt

Learn about Discrete and Continuous probability distributions as well as the types of questions that they can both answers. This post also discusses the relationship between the Binomial and Beta distributions.

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March 31, 2015 /Will Kurt
basics, parameter estimation, March 2015
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