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Errors in "Introduction to Variational Inference with PyMC" notebook
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Description
Notebook title: Introduction to Variational Inference with PyMC
Notebook url: https://www.pymc.io/projects/examples/en/latest/variational_inference/variational_api_quickstart.html
Issue description
The second chart is the same.
All calls yield the same result.
The manifestation of the problem above, shouldn't be a point distribution.
cc @fonnesbeck @ferrine
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Research direction
Start with the linked “Introduction to Variational Inference with PyMC” notebook and run the cells associated with the repeated charts and point distribution. Inspect the calls that produce identical results and compare their outputs; the issue is done when the charts differ as intended and the affected result is no longer a point distribution.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- jupyter-notebook, python
- Domain
- content, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100