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We have previously discussed the importance of estimating uncertainty in our measurements and incorporating it into data analysis 1. To know the extent to which we can generalize our observations, we ...

Monte Carlo sampling methods form a cornerstone of contemporary statistical inference by enabling the approximation of complex integrals and posterior distributions that defy analytical solution. At ...