Practice - Conditional Independence and d-Separation
Practice Questions
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Define conditional independence.
💡 Hint: Think about when knowing something about one variable gives no information about the other.
What does d-Separation help to identify?
💡 Hint: Recall what it means to block paths in a graph.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What denotes conditional independence between A and B given C?
💡 Hint: Remember how conditioning influences independence.
True or False: A collider blocks the path between two variables.
💡 Hint: Think about how colliders affect the flow of information.
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Challenge Problems
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Create a graphical model with variables A, B, C, and D. Demonstrate the conditional independence between A and B given C, including an explanation of your reasoning.
💡 Hint: Visual aids can clarify relationships.
Suppose you have a Bayesian network illustrating a patient’s recovery based on various symptoms. Discuss the d-Separation implications when a symptom is conditioned upon.
💡 Hint: Focus on how conditioning effectively isolates the relevant symptoms.
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