单词 | prior probability |
释义 | > as lemmasprior probability prior probability n. Statistics the probability that a hypothesis is true, calculated without reference to certain relevant observations. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > probability probability1692 chance1785 posterior probability1921 prior probability1921 transition probability1922 1921 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 6th Ser. 42 387 Even if the prior probabilities of two laws with different domains are notably different, the effect of several verifications of each is able to make the posterior probabilities of the two laws practically equal to each other and to unity. 1989 New Scientist 4 Nov. 67/4 A theory of scientific reasoning..was provided by Thomas Bayes, an 18th-century English clergyman. In this approach, a scientist first deduces a so-called prior probability of the theory, which is a numerical quantity expressing the scientist's ‘degree of belief’ in it. < as lemmas |
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