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Posterior equality for proportional likelihoods (Li′​=hLi​ ⟹ πi′​=πi​)

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If every model's likelihood is multiplied by the same positive factor independent of its parameter or model index, Bayes theorem cancels that factor from the normalized posterior. Fixed-count Bernoulli sampling and sampling stopped at a specified positive head count give such proportional likelihoods for the same total heads and tails. This conclusion uses their actual sampling likelihoods; it is not a claim that every selection or stopping rule can be ignored.

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