Category: STAT/PROB/MATH
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Consciousness Prior Study – Dec 16, 2023
This study is to help me understand this statement better: The stochastic selection of just a few elements of content (that go into a thought) make GFlowNets a good candidate to implement the “consciousness priors”. In particular, the GWT bottleneck, when applied to such probabilistic inference, would enforce the inductive bias that the graph of…
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Stat Study – Dec 9, 2023
A follow-up question from yesterday is how Bayesian statistics and statistical testing relate? They both seem to seek to make inferences about populations based on sample data. My thought: before answering this question, I want a concept map that show me where hypothesis testing fits in the subject of statistics. I wonder if it is…
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Stat/prob/ml concepts
Latent and observable variables In statistics, latent variables (from Latin: present participle of lateo, “lie hidden”) are variables that can only be inferred indirectly through a mathematical model from other observable variables that can be directly observed or measured.[1] Latent variables may correspond to aspects of physical reality. These could in principle be measured, but…
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