vasishth
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1 year ago Hi Max, I think I have fixed all these problems. Thanks for the close reading. The changes won't show up on the html version until the next deployment.
The fat hairy caterpillar, yeah, it's just a metaphor that they use in Bayesian statistics. Basically, the lines representing the chains need to overlap. Later you will see what a problematic trace plot looks like (later chapter).
Again a few typos I spotted while reading chapter 3:
3.2
[1]
„.[^uniform] [^uniform]:“ -> should probably be displayed differently
3.4.3
[2] „down-weights extremely values“ -> should probably mean extreme values
3.4.4.
[3] „to let the priors to have too“ -> to let the priors have
3.5
[4] „The designation principled’’“ -> missing quotation mark
3.6
[5] „Once the posterior distributions p(Θ∣y) are available, the predictions based on these distributions, by integrating out the parameters:“ -> the subclause lacks a verb
[6] The word „from“ is cut off in Figure 3.10
One thought regarding the chapter:
Chapter 3.2.1.2
I struggle with seeing a „fat hairy caterpillar“ in the given figure 3.3. or am I missing something here? There’s also another plot between 3.4. and 3.5. which has no title.
Best, Max