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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ii Paper 1 12J Solution by
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Under the binomial distribution model's assumption of independent games with a common win probability , the probability of winning a match isThis is also the cumulative distribution function of a Beta distribution with parameters : differentiation of the binomial tail gives , and . In particular is strictly increasing on and maps bijectively onto itself.
The new match probability is , while the desired linear predictor remains the game-level log odds. Therefore the link function isIts endpoint values are and . This is not the ordinary match-level log odds link: it first recovers the underlying game probability. Symmetry of the binomial tail gives , hence , as required by swapping the players. Dependence or varying game probabilities within a match would invalidate the stated binomial-tail conversion.
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