February, 2003
© 2000, 2001, 2003 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Session 1- Overview: 30
Hierarchy of Statistical Goals
Tradeoffs between Bayesian and frequentist approaches (cont.)
Bayesian inference:
·How likely are the hypotheses to be true based on the observed data (and a presumed prior distribution)?
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Frequentist inference:
·Are the data that we observed typical of the hypotheses?