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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 36 4 e Solution by
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Use prior elicitation to make the qualitative judgments quantitative: ask whether represents a mean, median or mode, and what probability “unlikely above ” should mean, for example a upper-tail probability. A beta distribution on is a convenient family. If is taken as the mean, write its parameters as , , then choose so that the desired tail probability above is obtained. Check its quantiles and prior predictive distribution for plausibility, and assess sensitivity to reasonable alternative elicited values. The information suggests an informative prior near , but does not uniquely determine its parameters.
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