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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="https://xianblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/a-typo-that-went-under-the-radar/"> R – Xi'an's Og</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
<p><strong><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461486866/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1461486866&linkCode=as2&tag=chrprobboo-20&linkId=ZLMLRYVIU22HLCDW"><img height="198" width="132" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTUWOvD8TTfquOHB9HCcywHPPyN_lvefNBJ4ikA9NzgPTKXrq51XTpnEtY"></a>A</strong> chance occurrence on <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://stats.stackexchange.com/q/256348/7224">X validated</a>: a question on an incomprehensible formula for Bayesian model choice: <img alt="" src="https://i2.wp.com/i.stack.imgur.com/5O6gR.png?resize=374%2C53&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1">which, most unfortunately!, appeared in <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://amzn.to/2izU7ds">Bayesian Essentials with R</a>! Eeech! It looks like one line in our <em>L<sup>A</sup>T<sub>E</sub>X</em> file got erased and the likelihood part in the denominator altogether vanished. Apologies to all readers confused by this nonsensical formula!</p>
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