Knowledge (XXG)

Credence (statistics)

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Credence values can be based entirely on subjective feelings. For example, if Alice is fairly certain that she saw Bob at the grocery store on Monday, then she might say, "I believe with 90% credence that Bob was at the grocery store on Monday." If the prize for being correct is $ 100, then Alice
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will wager $ 89 that her memory is accurate, but she would not be willing to wager $ 91 or more. Given that Alice is 90% credent, this level of belief can be expressed as gambling odds in the following ways:
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If a bag contains 4 red marbles and 1 blue marble, and a person withdraws one marble at random, then they should believe with 80% credence that the random marble will be red. In this example, the
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will land on heads the next time it is flipped (minus the probability that the coin lands on its edge). If the prize for correctly predicting the coin flip is $ 100, then a reasonable
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is a statistical term that expresses how much a person believes that a proposition is true. As an example, a reasonable person will believe with close to 50% credence that a
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strength, expressed as a percentage. Credence values range from 0% to 100%. Credence is closely related to
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The return on a $ 100 wager is $ 11.11 (plus the $ 100 initial wager).
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person will wager $ 49 on heads, but will not wager $ 51 on heads.
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probability
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"Credence – a measure of belief strength"
"Notes on Bayesian Confirmation Theory"
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