posterior distribution
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posterior
adjective[before noun]
uk/pɒsˈtɪə.ri.ər/us/pɑːˈstɪr.i.ɚ/
anatomyspecialized
positioned at or towards ...
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distribution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or ...
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Estimates of the marginalposteriordistributionof any parameter, or group of parameters, of interest can be obtained using this approach.
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In both cases, theposteriordistributionmoves slightly towards the prior, but the information provided by the likelihood still dominates the prior.
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The impact of specifying different prior distributions was examined and was found to have little effect on inference on theposteriordistribution.
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In such problems, theposteriordistributionis neither a discrete distribution nor a joint probability density.
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The properties of theposteriordistributionare obtained from the properties of the transformed sigma points.
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The prior distribution is combined with the information in the data to form aposteriordistributionfor the parameters.
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The remaining sequence then represents a random sample from theposteriordistributionwe wish to compute.
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This confirms theposteriordistributionof the positivity seen in this group of children.
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However, when there is uncertainty the relationship coefficient between two individuals is itself a random variable, with its correspondingposteriordistribution.
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In particular, the normal distribution is self-conjugate such that normal data and normal prior lead to a normalposteriordistribution.
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A binary tree provides a visual representation of how well theposteriordistributionsupports each cluster in the hierarchy.
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Inferences are then based on theposteriordistribution.
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The influence of prior information on theposteriordistributionhas been tested under models 2 and 3.
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How theposteriordistributionis used depends on the goal of a study.
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Even if assumed independent a priori, they are not independent in theposteriordistribution.
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The estimation is then based on theposteriordistribution.
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Depending on the specification of the prior distribution and the likelihood function, theposteriordistributionmay or may not be represented in a closed form.
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We suggest classifying the microsatellite loci according to the mode of theposteriordistributionobtained using (10).
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One generates samples from theposteriordistributionof the parameters g exploiting the hierarchical structure of the model.
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