The bars represent the probabilities of all possible outcomes (head counts) for a fixed model. Because they exhaust the entire sample space, their sum must equal 1, which is the defining normalization property of a probability distribution.
Conditions: The coin model is fixed at p=0.5.; The number of flips is 10.; k indexes all possible head counts from 0 to 10.
The bars represent the probabilities of all possible outcomes (head counts) for a fixed model. Because they exhaust the entire sample space, their sum must equal 1, which is the defining normalization property of a probability distribution.
Conditions: The coin model is fixed at p=0.5.; The number of flips is 10.; k indexes all possible head counts from 0 to 10.
The expression P(x∣θ) has two interpretations depending on which variable is held fixed. If the parameter θ is fixed and the data x varies, it represents a probability over data under a known model.
Conditions: For probability: θ is fixed and x varies.; For likelihood: x is fixed and θ varies.
The expression P(x∣θ) has two interpretations depending on which variable is held fixed. If the parameter θ is fixed and the data x varies, it represents a probability over data under a known model.
Conditions: For probability: θ is fixed and x varies.; For likelihood: x is fixed and θ varies.