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Assignment 4

S1 - 7.5 points

Basic requirements

Q1 - 1 point

Can you open the pdf?

• No
• Yes

Q2 - 1 point

Is the report anonymous?

• No
• Yes

S2 - 85 points

Content

Q3 - 1 point

Are the mean and covariance of the prior in 1a) reported?

• Not reported
• Yes, but they are not ...
• Yes, and they are ...

Q4 - 1 point

Is the source code for p_log_prior in 1b) reported?

• No
• Yes

Q5 - 1 point

Is the source code for p_log_posterior in 1c) reported?

• No
• Yes

Q6 - 1 point

Is the posterior density in 1d) plotted?

• No
• Yes

Q7 - 1 point

Does the posterior density in 1d) look something like this figure?

• No
• Yes

Q8 - 1 point

Is the source code for the two functions in 1e) reported?

• No
• Yes

Q9 - 1 point

Is the posterior mean in 1f) computed using importance sampling and reported?

• No
• Yes, and alpha is outside [-,-] or beta is outside [-,-]
• Yes, and alpha is between [-,-] and beta is between [-,-]

Q10 - 1 point

Is the effective sample size in 1g) reported?

• No
• Yes, but it is below 1000
• Yes, and it is above 1000

Q11 - 1 point

Is there a scatterplot in 1h) from a posterior sample obtained by importance resampling?

• No
• Yes, but it looks different from the posterior
• Yes, and it looks like the points are sampled from the posterior

Q12 - 1 point

Is the estimate p(beta > 0 | x,n,y) from 1i) reported?

• No
• Yes, it is smaller than - or larger than -
• Yes, it is exactly -
• Yes, it is above - and below -

Q13 - 1 point

Is the histogram of the LD50 in 1j) plotted?

• No
• Yes, and it is distributed much wider or narrower than [-,-]
• Yes, and it is mostly contained in [-,-]

S3 - 7.5 points

Overall quality of the report

Q14 · Scale · 1 point

Does the report follow the formatting instructions?

• Not at all
• Little
• Mostly
• Yes

Q15 · Text · Optional question

Justify your answers for overall quality of the report if needed