merging_of_opinions#

  • Series: lecture-python.myst

  • File: lectures/merging_of_opinions.md

  • Audit date: 2026-05-28

  • Categories audited: writing, math, code, figures, references, links, admonitions

  • Overall score: 9.0 / 10

  • Priority: NONE

Score breakdown#

Category

Score

One-line note

Writing

8/10

Section headings use Title Case rather than sentence case.

Math

9/10

Normal distribution as \mathcal{N} rather than N.

Code

8.5/10

Greek letters spelled out in code; spec prefers unicode (α, β).

JAX

out of scope

not a JAX lecture

Figures

8.5/10

figsize= set in 8 places — usually unnecessary.

References

9/10

Citation style follows conventions.

Links

10/10

Link style follows conventions.

Admonitions

10/10

Exercise/solution structure clean.

Issues#

Critical#

None found.

High severity#

None found.

Medium severity#

  • [qe-math-011 (proposed)] — Normal distribution as \mathcal{N} rather than N. Examples: lines 884, 947. Count: 2.

  • [qe-writing-006] — Section headings use Title Case rather than sentence case. Examples: line 271 The Blackwell–Dubins theorem, line 353 The Beta–Bernoulli model. Count: 3.

  • [qe-code-002] — Greek letters spelled out in code; spec prefers unicode (α, β). Count: 10.

  • [qe-fig-003] — ax.set_title() used 4 times outside exercise blocks. Examples: line 588, line 599, line 607.

Low severity#

  • [qe-fig-001] — figsize= set in 8 places — usually unnecessary.

Strengths#

  • Uses “IID” or no IID terminology.

  • Transpose notation uses \top consistently (no prime/^T).

  • No bold vectors/matrices.

  • aligned (not align) used in $$ math.

  • Solutions use :class: dropdown consistently.

  • Axis labels lowercase.

  • Figures use descriptive name: fields for cross-referencing.