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First things first: What is a base rate?
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (1):33-34 (1996)
Abstract
The fallacy beneath the base rate fallacy is that we know what a base rate is. We talk as if base rates and individuating information were two different kinds of information. From a Bayesian perspective, however, the only difference between base rate and individuating information is – which comes first.My notes
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