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Problem 228 of 333MediumStatisticsP228
Five wins in five trades
A new strategy wins all of its first 5 trades. Model each trade as an independent win with probability .
(a) What is the MLE of , and why is it a poor answer?
(b) With a Beta prior on , find the MAP estimate.
(c) With a uniform prior, find the posterior mean. Compare it with (b).
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