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Bayes' theorem  

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  • Bayes's theorem, also known as Bayes's rule, is a theorem of probability theory that originated from the works of the Reverend Thomas Bayes (1783). Bayes's theorem connects the conditional and marginal probability of events or probability distributions of random variables. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Bayes's Theorem]

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