Let data be x1, . . . , xn. each data-point xi is normally distributed, with unknown mean θ and standard deviation assumed to be equal to 1. As a prior distribution for θ, we assign a normal distribution with mean 5 and standard deviation 10. (a) What is the posterior distribution for θ? (b) What is the posterior mean for θ? (c) What is the posterior median for θ? (d) What is a 95% equal tail credible interval for θ?

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Let data be x1, . . . , xn. each data-point xi is normally distributed, with unknown mean θ and standard deviation assumed to be equal to 1.
As a prior distribution for θ, we assign a normal distribution with mean 5 and standard deviation 10.
(a) What is the posterior distribution for θ? (b) What is the posterior mean for θ?
(c) What is the posterior median for θ?
(d) What is a 95% equal tail credible interval for θ?

X
-.136
.246
1.946
-.786
1.783
1.234
-.02
-.391
-.068
-.103
.718
1.185
-.577
-.292
1.414
1.55
.93
1.397
1.469
1.842
-.351
2.271
-.666
1.006
.499
1.396
.933
-.177
1.656
.762
.709
1.161
.702
.845
-.31
3.184
.47
.437
1.003
1.45
1.836
.867
.163
.867
.541
-.564
-.474
1.464
-1.185
-.37
Transcribed Image Text:X -.136 .246 1.946 -.786 1.783 1.234 -.02 -.391 -.068 -.103 .718 1.185 -.577 -.292 1.414 1.55 .93 1.397 1.469 1.842 -.351 2.271 -.666 1.006 .499 1.396 .933 -.177 1.656 .762 .709 1.161 .702 .845 -.31 3.184 .47 .437 1.003 1.45 1.836 .867 .163 .867 .541 -.564 -.474 1.464 -1.185 -.37
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