frequentism

English

Etymology

From frequent +‎ -ism.

Noun

frequentism (uncountable)

1. An interpretation of probability in terms of frequency, often specifically as the limit of the relative frequency of an event as the sample size approaches infinity.
   • 2007 October 30, Margherita Benzi, “Maria Carla Galavotti, Philosophical Introduction to Probability”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI:

     Galavotti regards this as an open problem, as some passages from his Philosophical Papers seem to suggest that Ramsey, like Carnap, admitted two notions of probability: one epistemic and subjective, and one empirical and close to frequentism.

Coordinate terms

• Bayesianism

Related terms

• frequentist
• frequentistic