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Which distribution comes up a lot in Bayesian statistics because it is a good model for one’s prior beliefs about a population proportion? (a) Bohr (b) Discrete (c) Alpha (d) Beta This question was addressed to me during an interview. Question is from Distribution topic in chapter Distributions, Graphics & Neural Networks of R Programming Select the correct answer from above options

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Correct option is (d) Beta Explanation: Beta distribution comes up a lot in Bayesian statistics because it is a good model for one’s prior beliefs about a population proportion.

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