Bayes Theorem

Synonyms

Analysis, Bayesian

Approach, Bayesian

Approachs, Bayesian

Bayesian Analysis

Bayesian Approach

Bayesian Approachs

Bayesian Forecast

Bayesian Method

Bayesian Prediction

Forecast, Bayesian

Method, Bayesian

Prediction, Bayesian

Theorem, Bayes

A theorem in probability theory named for Thomas Bayes (1702-1761). In epidemiology, it is used to obtain the probability of disease in a group of people with some characteristic on the basis of the overall rate of that disease and of the likelihood of that characteristic in healthy and diseased individuals. The most familiar application is in clinical decision analysis where it is used for estimating the probability of a particular diagnosis given the appearance of some symptoms or test result.