prior probability
type: Concept
definition: A certain kind of PROBABILISTIC reasoning uses the observed data to update probabilities that existed before the data were collected, the so-called prior probabilities. This approach is called BAYESIAN INFERENCE and is in sharp contrast to the other existing approach, which is called frequentist. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Prior Probability]
broader: Bayesian inference

Bayesian inference
type: Concept
narrower: prior probability

methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: prior probability