http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-and-short-explanation-of-bayes-theorem/ Learn Right, Not Rote. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:50:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-and-short-explanation-of-bayes-theorem/#comment-51677 Geoff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:03:23 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-and-short-explanation-of-bayes-theorem/#comment-51677 Thanks for writing that! Really cleared it up...I have also since read the explanation with a small binomial tree, which was pretty helpful, but this really hit home. Thanks for the clear explanation! Thanks for writing that! Really cleared it up…I have also since read the explanation with a small binomial tree, which was pretty helpful, but this really hit home. Thanks for the clear explanation!

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]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-and-short-explanation-of-bayes-theorem/#comment-34222 kalid Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:23:14 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-and-short-explanation-of-bayes-theorem/#comment-34222 @Richard: It might need to be clarified, but the rules are the host will always reveal a goat in one of the two doors you didn't pick. Even if you've already picked the car, he will still reveal a goat. @Richard: It might need to be clarified, but the rules are the host will always reveal a goat in one of the two doors you didn’t pick. Even if you’ve already picked the car, he will still reveal a goat.

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