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Prior Information and Subjective Probability

1980
As mentioned in Chapter 1, an important element of many decision problems is the prior information concerning θ It was stated that a convenient way to quantify such information is in terms of a probability distribution on Θ. In this chapter, methods and problems involved in the construction of such probability distributions will be discussed.
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The prior probabilities of phylogenetic trees

Biology & Philosophy, 2008
Bayesian methods have become among the most popular methods in phylogenetics, but theoretical opposition to this methodology remains. After providing an introduction to Bayesian theory in this context, I attempt to tackle the problem mentioned most often in the literature: the "problem of the priors" —how to assign prior probabilities to tree ...
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Prior Probability Disclosure And Loan Officers Judgments - Some Evidence Of The Impact

, 1983
The findings of recent studies on commercial loan officers' predictive accuracy of corporate failure have been inconsistent. Using only limited sets of data consisting primarily of financial ratio profiles, subjects in studies by Libby [1975] and Zimmer [
Cornelius J. Casey
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Marginalization and Prior Probabilities (1980)

1989
This article calls for an unusually long commentary, because a great deal of misinformation about improper priors is now propagating through the statistical literature, inspiring wasted effort on non-problems. Some further explanations are needed.
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Prior Probabilities and Counterfactual Conditionals

1976
By a counterfactual I shall mean any conditional expressed in the subjunctive mood Examples of a counterfactual and what will be called its corresponding indicative are: If Alice were here, Bill would be too, and If Alice is here, Bill is too.
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The Status of Prior Probabilities in Statistical Explanation

Philosophy of Science, 1965
A consideration of some basic problems that arise in the attempt to provide an adequate characterization of statistical explanation is taken to show that an understanding of the nature of scientific explanation requires us to deal with the philosophical problems connected with the nature of prior probabilities.
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Experiments, prior probabilities, and experimental prior probabilities

American Journal of Physics, 1984
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An approximation for the prior probability of autosomal linkage

Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 1975
Robert C. Elston, Robert C. Elston
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Spectrum Sensing Using Prior Probability Prediction

International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2011
Dongfeng Zhao, Xianwei Zhou
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Skepticism and prior probabilities

Philosophia, 1982
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