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A Frequentist and a Bayesian walk into a bar…

October 4th, 2021, 4:12 pm

A Frequentist and a Bayesian walk into a bar…

Any good jokes or pick up lines?
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Re: A Frequentist and a Bayesian walk into a bar…

October 4th, 2021, 11:27 pm

This is definitely in the wrong forum, but I think we need some variation on the theme of “do you come here often?”
 
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Re: A Frequentist and a Bayesian walk into a bar…

October 7th, 2021, 10:45 pm

I'd rather go for "Have you been here before"? It obviously depends on the context, though. And if you get down to the business, use confidence intervals instead of a p-value.
 
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Re: A Frequentist and a Bayesian walk into a bar…

October 9th, 2021, 11:41 pm

 Frequentist Guy: I've really gotta p.
 Bayesian Gal: I'd update my impression about you, but that's a little more than I need to know.