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. 2023 Jul 27;9:e1439. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.1439

Table 4. People’s prior knowledge of product reliability.

Levels Prior distributions
level 1 (high) Beta(0, 0)
level 2 ( average) [Beta(0, 0) + Beta(1/2, 1/2)]/2
level 3 (medium) Beta(1/2, 1/2)
level 4 (low) [Beta(1/2, 1/2) + Beta(1, 1)]/2
level 5 (unknown) Beta(1, 1)