Theorema Bayes in theoria probabilitatum et statistica est theorema quod describit eventûs probabilitatem, fundatam in scientia priore condicionum quae cum hoc eventu coniunctae sint. Exempli gratia, si morbus cancer (morbus) cum aetate coniuncta sit, possumus ex aetate hominis probabilitatem illius eventûs, quod hic homo cancrum habeat, computare.
Una ex multis usibus theorematis Bayes est inferentia Bayesiana, genus inferentiae statisticae.
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