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Bayesian data analysis is based on [[:Wikipedia:Bayesian inference|Bayesian inference]]. | Bayesian data analysis is based on [[:Wikipedia:Bayesian inference|Bayesian inference]]. | ||
<ref>D.S. Sivia, ''Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial'', Oxford University Press, USA (1996) ISBN 0198518897</ref> | <ref>D.S. Sivia, ''Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial'', Oxford University Press, USA (1996) {{ISBN|0198518897}}</ref> | ||
<ref>P. Gregory, ''Bayesian Logical Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2005) ISBN 052184150X</ref> | <ref>P. Gregory, ''Bayesian Logical Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2005) {{ISBN|052184150X}}</ref> | ||
Briefly, this approach is based on the following straightforward property of probability distributions. Let ''p(x,y)'' be the joint probability of observing ''x'' and ''y'' simultaneously. Let ''p(x|y)'' be the [[:Wikipedia:conditional probability|conditional probability]] of observing ''x'', given ''y''. Then, by definition | Briefly, this approach is based on the following straightforward property of probability distributions. Let ''p(x,y)'' be the joint probability of observing ''x'' and ''y'' simultaneously. Let ''p(x|y)'' be the [[:Wikipedia:conditional probability|conditional probability]] of observing ''x'', given ''y''. Then, by definition | ||
:<math>p(x|y)p(y) = p(x,y) = p(y|x)p(x)\,</math> | :<math>p(x|y)p(y) = p(x,y) = p(y|x)p(x)\,</math> | ||