Suppose that a random sample is to be taken from a normal distribution for which the value

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Suppose that a random sample is to be taken from a normal distribution for which the value of the mean θ is unknown and the standard deviation is 2, and the prior distribution of θ is a normal distribution for which the standard deviation is 1. What is the smallest number of observations that must be included in the sample in order to reduce the standard deviation of the posterior distribution of θ to the value 0.1?
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Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780321500465

4th Edition

Authors: Morris H. DeGroot, Mark J. Schervish

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