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Why is "flat prior" here? A requentist method assumes a certain prior, for example Normal
by judk 12y ago
Why is "flat prior" here? A requentist method assumes a certain prior, for example Normal
- kgwgk 12y agoMaybe you mean that a frequentist method assumes a certain model, for example normal. A frequentist method will sometimes give similar results to a Bayesian analysis that uses a non-informative prior. For example, if we want to estimate a value from repeated measurements with Gaussian noise the frequentist result is equivalent to the Bayesian result if a "flat" (improper) prior is used. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffreys_prior#Gaussian_distribution_with_mean_parameter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffreys_prior#Gaussian_distrib...]