Uploaded May 2018 | Updated September 2026, 27 minutes ago

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Explains why we eschew the name ‘probability distribution’ in Bayesian statistics and use ‘likelihood’ instead for the term involving data in the numerator of Bayes' rule.

This video is part of a lecture course which closely follows the material covered in the book, "A Student's Guide to Bayesian Statistics", published by Sage, which is available to order on Amazon here: amazon.co.uk/Students-Guide-Bayesian-Statistics/dp/1473916364

For more information on all things Bayesian, have a look at: ben-lambert.com/bayesian/. The playlist for the lecture course is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwJRxp3blEvZ8AKMXOy0fc0cqT61GsKCG&disable_polymer=true