Efficient Learning — the BBC’s Bayesian quiz engine

Matt Crooks
BBC Data Science

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In this article, I’m going to give an overview of Bayesian statistics and talk about how we utilise user data to personalise and improve BBC Bitesize’s Efficient Learning GCSE quiz.

Example

Let’s start with an example for context.

Suppose you flip a coin 3 times and get heads each time. Is the coin biased?

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