Hyperprior
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Hyperprior
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In Bayesian statistics, a hyperprior is a prior distribution on a hyperparameter, that is, on a parameter of a prior distribution. As with the term hyperparameter, the use of hyper is to distinguish it from a prior distribution of a parameter of the model for the underlying system. They arise particularly in the use of hierarchical models. For example, if one is using a beta distribution to model the distribution of the parameter p of a Bernoulli distribution, then: The Bernoulli distribution is
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2022-10-08T19:34:04Z
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