Posterior Probability of a Two-Headed Coin After Three Heads

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Bayesian probability question with three coins: a fair coin, a coin that lands heads with probability 0.8, and a two-headed coin. After a randomly selected coin shows heads on all three tosses, find the probability that the two-headed coin was chosen, testing Bayes' rule, likelihoods, and normalization.

Posterior Probability of a Two-Headed Coin After Three Heads

Company: DRW

Role: Quantitative Researcher

Category: Statistics & Math

Difficulty: hard

Interview Round: Onsite

Overview: Bayesian probability question with three coins: a fair coin, a coin that lands heads with probability 0.8, and a two-headed coin. After a randomly selected coin shows heads on all three tosses, find the probability that the two-headed coin was chosen, testing Bayes' rule, likelihoods, and normalization.

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Sep 13, 2026
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