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The standard meaning of likelihood is P(data|Hypothesis)[1] where, for the purposes here, hypothesis will refer to "chance/accident generated the data". Do you
by nonbel 9y ago
The standard meaning of likelihood is P(data|Hypothesis)[1] where, for the purposes here, hypothesis will refer to "chance/accident generated the data". Do you agree with this? (I understand you say "kind of likelihood" because we are dealing with the inequality)
If so, can you clarify what you mean by "P is ... Likelihood of type 1 error (accidentally getting a result)..." ?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likelihood_function https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likelihood_function
- kgwgk 9y agoThe standard meaning of likelihood is P(parameters|data).
- nonbel 9y agoSource?
- kgwgk 9y agoActually I should have written L(parameters|data), I'm sorry for the confusion. Which is equal, for a given value of data and parameters, to P(data|parameters). But the likelihood function is not a function of the data (with the parameters fixed), it is a function of the parameters (with the data fixed). Its "meaning" is not a probability distribution of different outcomes given the hypothesis. But I maybe misinterpreted your comment.