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Conjugate prior

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In Bayesian statistics, a **conjugate prior** is a type of prior probability distribution that, when used in conjunction with a particular likelihood function, results in a posterior distribution that is in the same family as the prior distribution. This property makes the mathematical analysis and computations more tractable.

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