Bayesian Priors - A modern take on Titterington

A modern take on Titterington (1982). I paid an artist for these pictures, including the copyright so that I can now distribute them to the world (and you can use them freely).

Titterington, Dr D. M. 1982. ‘Irreverent Bayes’. Journal of Applied Statistics 9 (1): 16–18. 10.1080/02664768200000003.

Uniform Prior:

Normal Prior:

Bet(t)a Prior:

Vague Prior:

Ignorance Prior:

Informative Prior:

Student Prior:

Truncated Prior:

Exchangeable Prior:

Proper Prior (Discreet Prior):

Improper Prior:

Subjective Prior:

Hierarchical Priors:

Conjugal Prior:

Posterior:

Published 10 October 2026