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"Frontmatter". In: Analysis of Financial Time Series

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402 MCMC METHODSResult 2: Suppose that x 1 ,...,x n form a random sample from a normal distributionwith a given mean µ and an unknown precision η. If the prior distribution <strong>of</strong> ηis a gamma distribution with positive parameters α and β, then the posterior distribution<strong>of</strong> η is a gamma distribution with parameters α+(n/2) and β+ ∑ ni=1 (x i −µ) 2 /2.A random variable θ has a beta distribution with positive parameters α and β ifits probability density function isf (θ | α, β) =Ɣ(α + β)Ɣ(α)Ɣ(β) θ α−1 (1 − θ) β−1 ,0

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