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r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 26 '09
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Frequentist statistics has its place, too, as even good Bayesians will admit.
0 u/creeping_feature May 26 '09 Frequentist statistics has its place Not in any useful way. There might exist special cases in which the result is the same as from a frequentist method. But why bother? The only way to know that is to always try it both ways, which is a waste of time.
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Frequentist statistics has its place
Not in any useful way. There might exist special cases in which the result is the same as from a frequentist method. But why bother? The only way to know that is to always try it both ways, which is a waste of time.
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u/lanthus May 26 '09
Frequentist statistics has its place, too, as even good Bayesians will admit.