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View SchemaA note on the use of the word 'likelihood' in statistics and meteorology
| Authors | Stephen Jewson, Anders Brix, Christine Ziehmann |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0310020 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0310020 |
Abstract
We highlight the different uses of the word 'likelihood' that have arisen in statistics and meteorology, and make the recommendation that one of these uses should be dropped to prevent confusion and misunderstanding.
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