Lesson 4 exercises¶

Exercise 4.1¶

a) Explain in words why being able to sample out of a probability distribution is useful.

b) Explain in words the basic idea behind Markov chain Monte Carlo.

Why is it important to warm up a sampler?

What does it mean for a model to be nonidentifiable?

Did you read the solutions to homework 2?

Write down any questions you may have.