fieldnotesIntuition behind the PosteriorWe can estimate the posterior even BEFORE calculating it.3 min read·Jul 25, 2022----
fieldnotesThe Deal with the DenominatorThe denominator of Bayes Rule is arguably the most important part of the formula.3 min read·Jul 25, 2021----
fieldnotesUninformative Priors, Informative PriorsTwo more types of priors are uninformative and informative priors.3 min read·Jun 20, 2021----
fieldnotesPrior and Likelihood Influence (a visualization)Let’s use a Bayes Box to illustrate how priors and likelihoods affect the shape of the corresponding posterior distributions!3 min read·Jun 20, 2021----
fieldnotesFlat PriorsIn the fashion where a mathematical proof introduces a base case as the first example, we will do this for priors as well.3 min read·Jun 20, 2021----
fieldnotesPriors : Initial BeliefsIn this post, we will be introducing the likelihood’s neighbor:2 min read·Jun 16, 2021----
fieldnotesBruno de Finetti and ExchangeabilityYou may recall that likelihoods are constructed from the product of many individual likelihoods.2 min read·Jun 13, 2021----
fieldnotesEquivalence (Likelihoods)There are many equivalence relations you might come across in your own mathematical journeys, but there is one particularly useful one…3 min read·Jun 13, 2021----
fieldnotesLittle bit of Likelihoods: a more Analytical ApproachFor those of you who would prefer a more mapped out relationship between probability distributions and likelihoods, please refer to the map…1 min read·May 31, 2021----