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The frequentist ranting was concentrated around a century ago +/- one lifetime, and they called the enemy "inverse probability" (when being polite).
by abecedarius 3y ago
The frequentist ranting was concentrated around a century ago +/- one lifetime, and they called the enemy "inverse probability" (when being polite).
- kgwgk 3y ago"Inverse probability" is just what statistical inference was called before frequentist ideas were introduced. It was in the second half of the last century when the "Bayesian" label was introduced - amusingly in opposition to the much newer "classical" methods.