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The key point is to show that your analysis does not depend much on the prior in the first place.

You could try

  • a conjugate prior (if one exists)
  • a (possibly improper) uniform prior and
  • a Jeffreys prior (justified by its invariance under re-parameterization)

and if you get answers that are reasonably close then that should provide some support that your analysis does not depend on arbitrary choice of prior.

From a practical viewpoint, computability and the availability of software may restrict your choice of prior in any case.

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