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'''Bayesian inference''' is a statistical inference in which probabilities are interpreted not as frequencies or proportions or the like, but rather as degrees of belief. The name comes from the frequent use of Bayes' theorem in this discipline.
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'''Bayesian inference''' is a statistical inference in which probabilities are interpreted not as frequencies or proportions or the like, but rather as degrees of belief. The name comes from the frequent use of [[Bayes' theorem]] in this discipline.
  
 
Bayes' theorem is named after the Reverend Thomas Bayes. However, it is not clear that Bayes would endorse the very broad interpretation of probability now called "Bayesian".
 
Bayes' theorem is named after the Reverend Thomas Bayes. However, it is not clear that Bayes would endorse the very broad interpretation of probability now called "Bayesian".
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== See also ==
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* [[MrBayes]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_inference Wikipedia article on '''Bayesian inference''']
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_inference Wikipedia article on '''Bayesian inference''']
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 30 December 2005

Bayesian inference is a statistical inference in which probabilities are interpreted not as frequencies or proportions or the like, but rather as degrees of belief. The name comes from the frequent use of Bayes' theorem in this discipline.

Bayes' theorem is named after the Reverend Thomas Bayes. However, it is not clear that Bayes would endorse the very broad interpretation of probability now called "Bayesian".

See also

External links