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Bayesian
adjective Bayes·ian \ˈbā-zē-ən, -zhən\
Definition of BAYESIAN
: being, relating to, or involving statistical methods that assign probabilities or distributions to events (as rain tomorrow) or parameters (as a population mean) based on experience or best guesses before experimentation and data collection and that apply Bayes' theorem to revise the probabilities and distributions after obtaining experimental data
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First Known Use of BAYESIAN
1950
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