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    prior
    /ˈprʌɪə/

    noun

    • 1. a man who is head of a house or group of houses of certain religious orders: "the English Reformation removed powerful abbots and priors from their seats"

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  2. 4 days ago · The expression prior to means nothing more than before. Yet many professionals insist on using prior to because it sounds intelligent. It isn’t. All it does is stuff up your style with hot air. The same goes for subsequent to. It means after, nothing more, nothing less.

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  3. 1 day ago · It is also known as the marginal likelihood, and as the prior predictive density. Here, the model is defined by the likelihood function (,,) and the prior distribution on the parameters, i.e. (,).

  4. 1 day ago · Bayesian inference ( / ˈbeɪziən / BAY-zee-ən or / ˈbeɪʒən / BAY-zhən) [1] is a method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability for a hypothesis as more evidence or information becomes available.

  5. 2 days ago · Perimenopause is the transitional period before menopause. During perimenopause, levels of estrogen start to decrease. You may begin having menopause-like symptoms, such as hot flashes or irregular periods. Perimenopause can last for years.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › HeuristicHeuristic - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · A heuristic [1] or heuristic technique ( problem solving, mental shortcut, rule of thumb) [2] [3] [4] [5] is any approach to problem solving that employs a pragmatic method that is not fully optimized, perfected, or rationalized, but is nevertheless "good enough" as an approximation or attribute substitution.

  7. 4 days ago · Bayes’ theorem is used to define the probability of an event based on the previous conditions of the event. Whereas, Bayes’ Theorem uses conditional probability to find the reverse probability of the event.

  8. 1 day ago · abortion, the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in human beings, usually about the 20th week of gestation). An abortion may occur spontaneously, in which case it is also called a miscarriage, or it may be brought on purposefully, in which case it is often called an induced abortion.