The Bayesian Miracle Worker

Writing in the New York Times, F. D. Flam gives an overview of Bayesian statistics: its origins, the arguments for and against, and its usefulness when paired with modern-day computing power.

Flam contrasts Bayesian and frequentist approaches, hears from researchers on both sides of the statistical divide, and says that even miracle skeptic David Hume would have been impressed by how Bayesian statistics enabled the Coast Guard to rescue a Long Island fisherman last summer.

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