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Michael Betancourt
@betanalphaTracked since May 2026
writing about modeling building and statistical inference..
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Michael Betancourt does not yet have a measured paid-member count. 1 of 6 cohort creators are measured for this metric.Ranking data · includes stale rows| Rank | Creator and why included | Paid members | Gap vs Michael Betancourt | Freshness |
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Article Latest postPublicMCMC ParallelizationThe parallelization of Markov chain Monte Carlo is often thrown around as a cure-all for computational issues, but the practical reality is
Yesterday at Aug 19 crawl 0 likes 0 commentsProbability Theory on Product Spaces Chapter Review: Wed 9/9 at 1:30 PM EDTLocked Probability Theory on Product Spaces Chapter Review: Wed 9/9 at 1:30 PM EDT August 5 1AudioAugust 5$3 tier & up 0 0
Conditional Probability Density Functions Chapter Review: Wed 9/2 at 1:30 PM EDTLocked Conditional Probability Density Functions Chapter Review: Wed 9/2 at 1:30 PM EDT August 5 1AudioAugust 5$3 tier & up 0 0
Conditional Probability Theory Chapter Review: Wed 8/26 at 1:30 PM EDTLocked Conditional Probability Theory Chapter Review: Wed 8/26 at 1:30 PM EDT August 5 1AudioAugust 5$3 tier & up 0 0
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August 2026 QuestionsI have a set of K black boxes, each of which produces a deterministic prediction y_{pred, k} for a true state y, and an ensemble of observatArticleJuly 30$3 tier & up 0 0
July 2026 Questions and AnswersI have a set of K black boxes, each of which produces a deterministic prediction y_{pred, k} for a true state y, and an ensemble of observatArticleJuly 30$3 tier & up 1 5
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July 2026 Questions2 July 2026 Questions Locked July 2026 Questions June 30 1 In discussion about my recent Bayesian analysis of a xkcd comic over on the Discord server (open to all!), someone asked if I've never analyzed the infamous xkcd 1132 . This comic came out when I was a Baby Bayesian, and, like many, I've always kind of taken it for granted. Its mention in the Discord chat sniped me ( another xkcd reference !) hard, and I ended up working through the statistics in way too much detail. [ HTML ] Somewhat surprisingly, I ended up begin somewhat sympathetic to the frequentist methodology here. The example is designed to break null hypothesis significance testing, but with an experimental design that couldArticleJune 30$3 tier & up 0 0
Explaining The Joke Ruins The JokeIn discussion about my recent Bayesian analysis of a xkcd comic over on the Discord server (open to all!), someone asked if I've never analyArticleJune 28Public 3 3Phase Transitions of Peak Behavior3 Phase Transitions of Peak Behavior Locked Phase Transitions of Peak Behavior June 18 1 4ArticleJune 18$3 tier & up 1 4
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