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  2. Likelihood function - Wikipedia

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    The χ 2 distribution given by Wilks' theorem converts the region's log-likelihood differences into the "confidence" that the population's "true" parameter set lies inside. The art of choosing the fixed log-likelihood difference is to make the confidence acceptably high while keeping the region acceptably small (narrow range of estimates).

  3. Log probability - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory and computer science, a log probability is simply a logarithm of a probability. [1] The use of log probabilities means representing probabilities on a logarithmic scale ( − ∞ , 0 ] {\displaystyle (-\infty ,0]} , instead of the standard [ 0 , 1 ] {\displaystyle [0,1]} unit interval .

  4. Likelihood principle - Wikipedia

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    For example, the result of a significance test depends on the p-value, the probability of a result as extreme or more extreme than the observation, and that probability may depend on the design of the experiment. To the extent that the likelihood principle is accepted, such methods are therefore denied.

  5. Bayes' theorem - Wikipedia

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    Beyond, for example, assigning binary truth values, here one assigns probability values to statements. The assertion of B → A {\displaystyle B\to A} is captured by the assertion P ( A | B ) = 1 {\displaystyle P(A\vert B)=1} , i.e. that the conditional probability take the extremal probability value 1 {\displaystyle 1} .

  6. Probability distribution - Wikipedia

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    Probability density function (pdf) or probability density: function whose value at any given sample (or point) in the sample space (the set of possible values taken by the random variable) can be interpreted as providing a relative likelihood that the value of the random variable would equal that sample.

  7. Probability - Wikipedia

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    Probability is the branch of mathematics and statistics concerning events and numerical descriptions of how likely they are to occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1; the larger the probability, the more likely an event is to occur. [note 1] [1] [2] A simple example is the tossing of a fair (unbiased) coin. Since the ...

  8. Probability theory - Wikipedia

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    That is, the probability function f(x) lies between zero and one for every value of x in the sample space Ω, and the sum of f(x) over all values x in the sample space Ω is equal to 1. An event is defined as any subset of the sample space . The probability of the event is defined as

  9. Power law - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, in its version for identifying power-law probability distributions, the mean residual life plot consists of first log-transforming the data, and then plotting the average of those log-transformed data that are higher than the i-th order statistic versus the i-th order statistic, for i = 1, ..., n, where n is the size of the ...