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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Does Bayesian inference differ from frequentist inference in any meaningful quantitative way?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I tried to study the topic a while back. I'm not familiar with the whole Bayesian vs Frequentist debate, but here is how I see things: 1. To calculate the "frequentist" probablity, you divide the number of outcomes that possess a certain property by the total number of outcomes. 2. To calculate the bayesian probablity, you, again, divide the number of outcomes that possess a certain property by the total number of outcomes, using the same very formula. So, I don't know. Bayesian theorem seems like something you just have to remember to apply when there is some sort of error rate in your sample. I don't even understand why that theorem has got it's own name when it seems to be just a special case of applying probability theory.

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