11 Facts About Bayesian probability

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Bayesian probability is an interpretation of the concept of probability, in which, instead of frequency or propensity of some phenomenon, probability is interpreted as reasonable expectation representing a state of knowledge or as quantification of a personal belief.

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Bayesian interpretation of probability can be seen as an extension of propositional logic that enables reasoning with hypotheses; that is, with propositions whose truth or falsity is unknown.

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Bayesian probability belongs to the category of evidential probabilities; to evaluate the probability of a hypothesis, the Bayesian probabilist specifies a prior probability.

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The Bayesian probability interpretation provides a standard set of procedures and formulae to perform this calculation.

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Term Bayesian probability derives from the 18th-century mathematician and theologian Thomas Bayes, who provided the first mathematical treatment of a non-trivial problem of statistical data analysis using what is known as Bayesian probability inference.

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Bayesian probability methods are characterized by concepts and procedures as follows:.

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The objective and subjective variants of Bayesian probability differ mainly in their interpretation and construction of the prior probability.

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Term Bayesian probability derives from Thomas Bayes, who proved a special case of what is called Bayes' theorem in a paper titled "An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances".

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Richard T Cox showed that Bayesian updating follows from several axioms, including two functional equations and a hypothesis of differentiability.

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However, Ian Hacking noted that traditional Dutch book arguments did not specify Bayesian probability updating: they left open the possibility that non-Bayesian probability updating rules could avoid Dutch books.

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The additional hypotheses sufficient to specify Bayesian probability updating are substantial and not universally seen as satisfactory.

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