Does additional data always reduce posterior variance?
The Endeavour 2026-07-04
Summary:
A discussion over lunch today brought up the fact that additional data does not always decrease the size of a confidence interval. This post will look at this from a Bayesian perspective. In general, new information reduces your uncertainty regarding whatever you’re estimating. The posterior distribution becomes more concentrated as more data are collected. That’s […]
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