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Manfred comments on Michael Jordan dissolves Bayesian vs Frequentist inference debate [video lecture] - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Manfred 03 September 2011 07:03:12AM *  2 points [-]

Fortunately, someone else has already done the work for me :)

http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/7ck/frequentist_vs_bayesian_breakdown_interpretation/

So Mike seems to be talking about (3) - whether to use "bayesian" or "frequentist" decision-making methods. However, the distinction I see (and use) most often is something like (2) - interpreting probabilities as reflecting a state of incomplete information (bayesian) or as reflecting a fact about the external world (frequentist).

Comment author: jsteinhardt 03 September 2011 01:26:47PM 0 points [-]

Thanks.

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