Download This PaperQuantifying Probative Value
6 Pages Posted: 10 May 2016
Date Written: June 30, 1985
Abstract
This comment responds to a suggestion that the degree to which evidence E proves that a proposition H is true should be expressed as the arithmetic difference between the posterior probability of the proposition, P(H|E), and the prior probability, P(H). It describes other expressions for probative value that rest on the likelihood ratio for H and that do include the prior probability.
Keywords: Probative Value, Bayes Rule, Weight of Evidence, Likelihood Ratio
JEL Classification: C1
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Kaye, David H., Quantifying Probative Value (June 30, 1985). Boston University Law Review, Vol. 66, pp. 761-766, 1986. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2773099
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