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Bayesian, a. and n.|ˈbeɪzɪən|
[f. *Bayes n. + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem.
1956R. A. Fisher Statistical Methods & Sci. Inference v. 111 (heading) Bayesian prediction. 1960Technometrics II. 341 (heading) Some remarks on the Bayesian solution of the single sample inspection scheme. 1965Math. in Biol. & Med. (Med. Res. Council) iii. 103 Various simple statistical procedures can be applied, using Bayesian or likelihood approaches, which depend on the assumptions that can be made about the prior probabilities of diseases and symptoms. 1972A. W. F. Edwards Likelihood ii. 8 It [sc. the concept of likelihood] will..be seen to supply precisely those elements which many hold to be essential in a scheme of inference, without any of the Bayesian features to which many object. 1976Path. Ann. XI. 151 Three computer diagnostic methods were used in a group of psychiatric patients, a Bayesian method, discriminant function analysis, and a method using a logical decision tree. 1987Jrnl. Pol. Econ. XCV. 658 Jovanovic's..theory of firm growth in which firms uncover their true efficiency over time with a Bayesian learning process.
B. n. One who uses or advocates Bayesian methods.
1962M. S. Bartlett in L. J. Savage et al. Found. Statistical Inference iii. 90 The Bayesian would not adopt a perfectly chosen and systematic design. 1973Sci. Amer. May 83/1 Bayes's theorem has been widely exploited in recent years by statisticians who called themselves Bayesians, notably the late L. J. Savage.
Add: Hence ˈBayesianism n., a Bayesian approach; advocacy of such an approach.
1976Univ. W. Ontario Ser. Philos. Sci. VI. ii. 128 It is I believe not subject to the criticisms that are usually directed at other forms of Bayesianism. 1978Amer. Math. Monthly LXXXV. 245 Subjective Bayesianism must face the challenge of scientific objectivity. 1987Nature 25 June 663/1 Likelihood analysis has a long history, stretching back well before the recent resurgence of bayesianism which is sweeping through physics. |