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The Mrs. White probability puzzle

The Mrs. White probability puzzle

tl;dr -I don’t remember how many games of Clue I’ve played but I do remember being surprised by Mrs White being the murderer in only 2 of those games. Can you give an estimate and an upper bound for the number of games I have played?We solve this problem by using Bayes theorem and discussing the data generation mechanism, and illustrate the solution with R. Making use of external information with Bayes theorem Having been raised a frequentist, I first…

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