Wednesday, April 9, 2003

Approximating Posterior Distributions

Reading

Class notes.

Homework

Problem: In the setting of problem 7.14 of the text, suppose $n = 100$, $\sum W_{i} = 71$, and $\sum Z_{i} = 7802$. Also assume a smooth, vague prior distribution. Find the posterior probability that $\lambda > 100$.

Due Friday, April 11, 2003.