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An implementation of http://www.evanmiller.org/bayesian-ab-testing.html with no depenedencies
function probabilityBBeatsA(aa, ba, ab, bb) {
var probability = 0.0;
for(var i = 0; i < ab; i++) {
var product = Math.log(1 + (aa + ba)/(i + bb));
var j = 1;
var start = i+1;
[bb, ba, aa, i].forEach(function(steps){
var stop = start + steps;
while(start < stop) {
product += Math.log(start++)
product -= Math.log(j++);
}
start = steps;
});
probability += Math.exp(product);
}
return probability;
}
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Updated to use logs, to avoid Infinity issues.

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Updated to have the right name (BBeatsA, not ABeatsB)

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