What is the posterior distribution

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Question: In an ecological study of the feeding behavior of birds, the number of hops between flights was counted for several birds. For the following data,

(a) fit a geometric distribution,

(b) find an approximate 95% confidence interval for p,

(c) examine goodness of fit.

(d) If a uniform prior is used for p, what is the posterior distribution and what are the posterior mean and standard deviation?

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