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prior probability  

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  • A certain kind of PROBABILISTIC reasoning uses the observed data to update probabilities that existed before the data were collected, the so-called prior probabilities. This approach is called BAYESIAN INFERENCE and is in sharp contrast to the other existing approach, which is called frequentist. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Prior Probability]

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