: being, relating to, or involving statistical methods that assign probabilities or distributions to events (such as rain tomorrow) or parameters (such as a population mean) based on experience or best guesses before experimentation and data collection and that apply Bayes' theorem to revise the probabilities and distributions after obtaining experimental data
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The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval.
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Margaret Talev, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
By quantifying candidate achievements and employing techniques like Bayesian analysis, companies can shift from subjective assessments to objective, measurable outcomes.
—Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Doctors think through complex diagnoses using a form of reasoning known as Bayesian inference, named for the eighteenth-century English statistician Thomas Bayes.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024
This trial, conducted from 2016 to 2021, used a Bayesian optimal interval design to test the effectiveness of zotiraciclib in combination with temozolomide for patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytomas.
—Raviv Pryluk and Mike Walsh, STAT, 12 July 2024
Using a technique called Bayesian analysis, which relies on probability to answer questions about incomplete data, Woan calculated the likely number of holes in the calendar ring based on the spacing of the surviving holes and the position of the ring’s surviving fragments.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024
However, as a properly Bayesian statistical model, the program that runs our forecast generates some amount of uncertainty about the parameters, resulting in unavoidable random error across our simulations.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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Margaret Talev, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
By quantifying candidate achievements and employing techniques like Bayesian analysis, companies can shift from subjective assessments to objective, measurable outcomes.
—Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Doctors think through complex diagnoses using a form of reasoning known as Bayesian inference, named for the eighteenth-century English statistician Thomas Bayes.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024
This trial, conducted from 2016 to 2021, used a Bayesian optimal interval design to test the effectiveness of zotiraciclib in combination with temozolomide for patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytomas.
—Raviv Pryluk and Mike Walsh, STAT, 12 July 2024
Using a technique called Bayesian analysis, which relies on probability to answer questions about incomplete data, Woan calculated the likely number of holes in the calendar ring based on the spacing of the surviving holes and the position of the ring’s surviving fragments.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024
However, as a properly Bayesian statistical model, the program that runs our forecast generates some amount of uncertainty about the parameters, resulting in unavoidable random error across our simulations.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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“Bayesian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bayesian. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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