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The marginal distribution refers to the probability distribution of a subset of variables contained in a joint distribution.

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Basic conditional sampling question

Let's say that I have a method of sampling from $P(X, \theta \mid Y)$. It seems intuitive that if I drew samples of $(X, \theta)$ and then simply dropped the $\theta$s, this is equivalent to drawing f …
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