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    How Do I Complete the Square and Simplify This Equation?

    yeahh i think that i must have done something wrong along the way, coz i don't think that i could make it too.. well the actual problem was to show: p(t|y) \propto (1 + \frac{n + 1/c}{\frac{s}{n} + \frac{\overline{y^2}(1/c)}{n + 1/c}})(\mu - \frac{n\overline{y}}{n + 1/c})^2 but yeahhh...
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    How Do I Complete the Square and Simplify This Equation?

    Hi, I'm almost at the end of a question but i seem to be stuck. I have the answer though.. so I am up to here so can someone please help me complete this: (\frac{n + \frac{1}{c}}{\frac{s}{n} }) [\mu^2 - 2\mu(\frac{n \overline{y}}{n+\frac{1}{c}})] then i completed the square: (\frac{n +...
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    Solving a Very Challenging Question: Guidance Needed

    Hi, can someone please help me just START this question or give me hints on what to do because i have no idea what to do: Y_i| \mu, \sigma^2~N(\mu,\sigma^2) use p(\sigma^2) \propto \frac{1}{\sigma^2} and p(\mu|\sigma^2) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sqrt{c}\sigma} exp[-\frac{1}{2} \frac {\mu^2}{c...
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    How to Show That W Follows a Gamma Distribution

    well in my lecture notes we answered the question "show that Chi^2 ~ Gamma(1/2,1/2)" and then they end with \therefore W_1~Gamma(1/2,1/2). I am not sure if that question relates to the question that I'm supposed to be answering. But I don't really understand what they did. Maybe if someone...
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    Work out the variance of the gamma

    yupp i actually meant \Gamma sorry about that. but thanks for the help
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    How to Show That W Follows a Gamma Distribution

    Hi, For this question: If Z1 ~ \Gamma(\alpha1, \beta) and Z2 ~ \Gamma(\alpha2, \beta); Z1 and Z2 are independent, then Z = Z1 + Z2 ~\Gamma(\alpha1+\alpha2,\beta). Hence show that W ~ \Gamma(k/2,1/2) Well i know how to do the first part, by just multiplying the moment generating function of...
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    Work out the variance of the gamma

    Hi, I'm trying to work out the variance of the gamma(I'm up the the part where you multiply x^2 by the function), but i don't know how to work out what \gamma(\alpha + 2) equals to i know I am supposed to use the fact that \gamma(\alpha + 1) = \alpha \gamma(\alpha) but i don't...
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