List of weight-of-evidence articles
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Weight of evidence is a measure of evidence on one side of an issue as compared with the evidence on the other side of the issue, or to measure the evidence on multiple issues.
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Weight of evidence or WofE may be used in:
Mathematics, statistics, and information theory[edit]
- Bayes factor, a statistical method that uses Bayes factors as an alternative to classical hypothesis testing
- Ban (unit), a logarithmic unit of information
- Quasi-empirical method, scientific methods that "are almost" or "socially approximate" an ideal of truly empirical methods
- Kullback–Leibler divergence, in probability theory and information theory, a non-symmetric measure of the difference between two probability distributions
- History of information theory, a published paper that established the discipline of information theory
Psychology[edit]
- Group polarization, the tendency of people to make decisions that are more extreme when they are in a group
- Influence diagrams approach (IDA), a technique used in the field of Human reliability Assessment (HRA)
Law and courts[edit]
- Jury, a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict
- Jury nullification, when a jury in a criminal case acquits a defendant despite the weight of evidence against the defendant
- Embracery, the attempt to influence a juror corruptly
Business[edit]
- Credit scorecards, mathematical models which attempt to provide a quantitive measurement of the likelihood that a customer will display a defined behavior
Other uses[edit]
- Extrapolation domain analysis, identifying geographical areas that seem suitable for adoption of innovative ecosystem management
- Banburismus, a cryptanalytic process used during World War II
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