主观概率的作用与意义:关于常见误解的若干评论
数据分析、统计与概率
2009-11-06 v1
摘要
对所谓‘主观概率’的批评一方面来自那些坚持物理中概率仅有频率解释的人,另一方面来自那些倾向于‘客观化’贝叶斯理论者,例如称主观概率确实仅基于‘私人内省’。本文将评论关于主观概率的一些常见误解,以支持如下论点:连贯性是对任何种类事件评估我们信心的最关键、最普遍且‘客观’的方式。
引用
@article{arxiv.physics/0010064,
title = {Role and meaning of subjective probability: some comments on common misconceptions},
author = {G. D'Agostini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0010064},
year = {2009}
}
备注
9 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the XX International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, Gif sur Yvette, France, July 8-13, 2000. This paper and related work are also available at http://www-zeus.roma1.infn.it/~agostini/prob+stat.html