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Q1Numerical3 Marks10 May 2026

Let

X

be a discrete random variable taking values

\{1, 2, 3\}

with respective probabilities

\left\{p, \frac{1-p}{2}, \frac{1-p}{2}\right\}

, where

0 \le p \le 1

is a parameter. Consider the samples

\{1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3\}

from

X

. Using a

Uniform(0, 1)

prior, find the posterior mean of

p

. Enter the answer correct to two decimal places.

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10 May 2026

Statistics 2 · Week 9

Q1.Let

X

be a discrete random variable taking values

\{1, 2, 3\}

with respective probabilities

\left\{p, \frac{1-p}{2}, \frac{1-p}{2}\right\}

, where

0 \le p \le 1

is a parameter. Consider the samples

\{1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3\}

from

X

. Using a

Uniform(0, 1)

prior, find the posterior mean of

p

. Enter the answer correct to two decimal places.

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