Concept information
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cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and social explanation
social cognition
inferences
Bayesian inference
Preferred term
prior probability
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]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/prior_probability
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