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| − | An ignorance prior is a [[prior probability]] distribution where equal probability is assigned to all possibilities. For instance, at the beginning of a [[wikipedia:Monty Hall problem|Monty Hall]] game, the player has no information about which of the three doors has the car behind it. Thus | + | {{wikilink|Non-informative prior}} |
| + | An '''ignorance prior''' is a [[prior probability]] distribution where equal probability is assigned to all possibilities. For instance, at the beginning of a [[wikipedia:Monty Hall problem|Monty Hall]] game, the player has no information about which of the three doors has the car behind it. Thus they should assign 1/3 probability to each. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:41, 17 January 2011
An ignorance prior is a prior probability distribution where equal probability is assigned to all possibilities. For instance, at the beginning of a Monty Hall game, the player has no information about which of the three doors has the car behind it. Thus they should assign 1/3 probability to each.
