What does N stand for in Thomas Bayes' publication “An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of...
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For example, in Prop 1, the beginning of the second paragraph.
Suppose there be three such events, and which ever of them happens I am to receive N, and that the probability of the 1st, 2d, and 3d are respectively $frac{a}{N}$,$frac{b}{N}$,$frac{c}{N}$.
What does 'N' mean here? Also, what is the meaning of the expression, 'I am to receive N'?
The essay can be found here: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/history/essay.pdf
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For example, in Prop 1, the beginning of the second paragraph.
Suppose there be three such events, and which ever of them happens I am to receive N, and that the probability of the 1st, 2d, and 3d are respectively $frac{a}{N}$,$frac{b}{N}$,$frac{c}{N}$.
What does 'N' mean here? Also, what is the meaning of the expression, 'I am to receive N'?
The essay can be found here: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/history/essay.pdf
statistics terminology math-history bayes-theorem
asked Jan 1 at 10:26
BLUCBLUC
1011
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It looks like an old fashioned way of saying that N is the number of trials, what we get if we count “whichever of them happens”.
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– Richard Ambler
Jan 1 at 10:54
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For example, in Prop 1, the beginning of the second paragraph.
Suppose there be three such events, and which ever of them happens I am to receive N, and that the probability of the 1st, 2d, and 3d are respectively $frac{a}{N}$,$frac{b}{N}$,$frac{c}{N}$.
What does 'N' mean here? Also, what is the meaning of the expression, 'I am to receive N'?
The essay can be found here: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/history/essay.pdf
statistics terminology math-history bayes-theorem
asked Jan 1 at 10:26
BLUCBLUC
1011
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For example, in Prop 1, the beginning of the second paragraph.
Suppose there be three such events, and which ever of them happens I am to receive N, and that the probability of the 1st, 2d, and 3d are respectively $frac{a}{N}$,$frac{b}{N}$,$frac{c}{N}$.
What does 'N' mean here? Also, what is the meaning of the expression, 'I am to receive N'?
The essay can be found here: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/history/essay.pdf
statistics terminology math-history bayes-theorem
statistics terminology math-history bayes-theorem
asked Jan 1 at 10:26
BLUCBLUC
1011
asked Jan 1 at 10:26
BLUCBLUC
1011
asked Jan 1 at 10:26
BLUCBLUC
1011
asked Jan 1 at 10:26
BLUCBLUC
1011
asked Jan 1 at 10:26
BLUCBLUC
1011
1011
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It looks like an old fashioned way of saying that N is the number of trials, what we get if we count “whichever of them happens”.
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– Richard Ambler
Jan 1 at 10:54
add a comment |
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It looks like an old fashioned way of saying that N is the number of trials, what we get if we count “whichever of them happens”.
$endgroup$
– Richard Ambler
Jan 1 at 10:54
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It looks like an old fashioned way of saying that N is the number of trials, what we get if we count “whichever of them happens”.
$endgroup$
– Richard Ambler
Jan 1 at 10:54
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It looks like an old fashioned way of saying that N is the number of trials, what we get if we count “whichever of them happens”.
$endgroup$
– Richard Ambler
Jan 1 at 10:54
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It looks like an old fashioned way of saying that N is the number of trials, what we get if we count “whichever of them happens”.
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