Merge pull request #356 from acaloiaro/patch-1

Fix various typos

Author: CamDavidsonPilon

Chapter1_Introduction/Ch1_Introduction_PyMC2.ipynb

@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@
     "\n",
     "Let $A$ denote the event that our code has **no bugs** in it. Let $X$ denote the event that the code passes all debugging tests. For now, we will leave the prior probability of no bugs as a variable, i.e. $P(A) = p$. \n",
     "\n",
-    "We are interested in $P(A|X)$, i.e. the probability of no bugs, given our debugging tests $X$. To use the formula above, we need to compute some quantities.\n",
+    "We are interested in $P(A|X)$, i.e. the probability of no bugs, given our debugging tests $X$ pass. To use the formula above, we need to compute some quantities.\n",
     "\n",
-    "What is $P(X | A)$, i.e., the probability that the code passes $X$ tests *given* there are no bugs? Well, it is equal to 1, for a code with no bugs will pass all tests. \n",
+    "What is $P(X | A)$, i.e., the probability that the code passes $X$ tests *given* there are no bugs? Well, it is equal to 1, for code with no bugs will pass all tests. \n",
     "\n",
     "$P(X)$ is a little bit trickier: The event $X$ can be divided into two possibilities, event $X$ occurring even though our code *indeed has* bugs (denoted $\\sim A\\;$, spoken *not $A$*), or event $X$ without bugs ($A$). $P(X)$ can be represented as:"
    ]

Prologue/Prologue.ipynb

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "\n",
     "After some recent success of Bayesian methods in machine-learning competitions, I decided to investigate the subject again. Even with my mathematical background, it took me three straight-days of reading examples and trying to put the pieces together to understand the methods. There was simply not enough literature bridging theory to practice. The problem with my misunderstanding was the disconnect between Bayesian mathematics and probabilistic programming. That being said, I suffered then so the reader would not have to now. This book attempts to bridge the gap.\n",
     "\n",
-    "If Bayesian inference is the destination, then mathematical analysis is a particular path to towards it. On the other hand, computing power is cheap enough that we can afford to take an alternate route via probabilistic programming. The latter path is much more useful, as it denies the necessity of mathematical intervention at each step, that is, we remove often-intractable mathematical analysis as a prerequisite to Bayesian inference. Simply put, this latter computational path proceeds via small intermediate jumps from beginning to end, where as the first path proceeds by enormous leaps, often landing far away from our target. Furthermore, without a strong mathematical background, the analysis required by the first path cannot even take place.\n",
+    "If Bayesian inference is the destination, then mathematical analysis is a particular path towards it. On the other hand, computing power is cheap enough that we can afford to take an alternate route via probabilistic programming. The latter path is much more useful, as it denies the necessity of mathematical intervention at each step, that is, we remove often-intractable mathematical analysis as a prerequisite to Bayesian inference. Simply put, this latter computational path proceeds via small intermediate jumps from beginning to end, where as the first path proceeds by enormous leaps, often landing far away from our target. Furthermore, without a strong mathematical background, the analysis required by the first path cannot even take place.\n",
     "\n",
     "*Bayesian Methods for Hackers* is designed as a introduction to Bayesian inference from a computational/understanding-first, and mathematics-second, point of view. Of course as an introductory book, we can only leave it at that: an introductory book. For the mathematically trained, they may cure the curiosity this text generates with other texts designed with mathematical analysis in mind. For the enthusiast with less mathematical-background, or one who is not interested in the mathematics but simply the practice of Bayesian methods, this text should be sufficient and entertaining.\n",
     "\n",