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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 36 2 b Solution by
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Multiplying the Poisson distribution likelihood by the Jeffreys prior gives the posterior density kernelThus, in shape-rate convention,It is a proper posterior distribution even when , provided . The posterior mean and posterior variance are and . This is Poisson-gamma conjugacy with unequal exposures, with the zero-rate prior interpreted as an improper kernel.
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