Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2009/iii/paper-36/1/a/solution

The binomial likelihood is . Multiplication by the beta distribution prior density and Bayes' theorem give the posterior density kernel . Normalizing by the beta function yields Beta-binomial conjugacy:
This is proper for and , including counts at either boundary.

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