frequentist
This term carries a technical, academic connotation used primarily within the fields of statistics, data science, and philosophy of science. It describes a specific epistemological stance where probability is viewed as an objective property of a system, measured by the limit of its relative frequency over many trials. This contrasts sharply with the Bayesian perspective, which treats probability as a degree of belief or subjective certainty.
In professional discourse, the term is often used to categorize a methodology rather than a personal identity. While it can refer to a person, it more frequently describes the theoretical framework or the specific mathematical tools, such as p-values and confidence intervals, employed in a study.
Meanings
A statistician or researcher who adheres to the frequentist approach to statistics, which defines probability as the long-run frequency of an event occurring in a large number of identical trials.
The frequentist researcher relied on p-values to determine the significance of the experimental results.
Relating to or based on the frequentist interpretation of probability, which rejects the notion of subjective probability and focuses on the frequency of data in repeated sampling.
The study employed a frequentist framework to analyze the distribution of the sample data.