alleryStart learning →In Bayes' rule, the posterior is proportional to the prior times which quantity?
Athe likelihood
Bthe complement
Cthe odds ratio
Dthe sample size
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. the likelihood
Updating a prior belief multiplies it by the likelihood of the evidence.
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