| Article ID: | iaor201112200 |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 83 |
| End Page Number: | 84 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Journal: | Teaching Statistics |
| Authors: | Trafimow David |
| Keywords: | statistics: general |
Students often have difficulty understanding algebraic proofs of statistics theorems. However, it sometimes is possible to prove statistical theorems with pictures in which case students can gain understanding more easily. I provide examples for two versions of Bayes' theorem.