In fact, Bayesian inference can be used to show that when the long-run proportion of different outcomes are unknown but exchangeable ( meaning that the random process from which they are generated may be biased but is equally likely to be biased in any direction ) previous observations demonstrate the likely direction of the bias, such that the outcome which has occurred the most in the observed data is the most likely to occur again.

Exactly how large the proportion is unknown, since many ocean species are still to be discovered.

The origins of the Super Couch are unknown but its greatness is of epic proportion.

In June and July 2008 the Butte Lightning Complex fire destroyed more than 50 % of the structures and possibly reduced the population by a similar proportion, with an unknown affect on the CDP age, race, and income demographics.

In other countries that do not register ultralight aircraft, like the United States, it is unknown what proportion of the total fleet they make up. In countries where there is no specific extra regulation, ultralights are considered regular aircraft and subject to certification requirements for both aircraft and pilot.

The proportion utilized is currently unknown.

Ito's universe is also very cruel and capricious ; his characters often find themselves victims of malevolent unnatural circumstances for no discernible reason or punished out of proportion for minor infractions against an unknown and incomprehensible natural order.

Similarly, if asked to estimate an unknown proportion between 0 and 1, we might say that all proportions are equally likely and use a uniform prior.

The Jeffreys prior for an unknown proportion p is p < sup >− 1 / 2 </ sup >( 1 − p )< sup >− 1 / 2 </ sup >, which differs from Jaynes ' recommendation.

The exact proportion of people with the disorder is unknown since the disorder can be difficult to detect due to a lack of specific laboratory tests, thus making diagnosis of the condition one of elimination of all other possible causes / diseases.

I was apt to suspect there might be some cause or other unknown to me which might disturb the proportion.

The Santa Barbara County Assessor's Office stated Jackson sold an unknown proportion of his property rights for $ 35 million.

If the population is, say, a large number of balls which are black or white but in an unknown proportion, and one takes a large sample and finds they are all white, then it is likely, using this statistical syllogism, that the population is all or nearly all white.

The proportion of asymptomatic subjects in this phase is unknown.

The proportion of British Chinese people who speak English as a first or secondary language is unknown.

Since any decision was to affect the finances of an unknown proportion of the government's voting base, the trust debate turned into an important issue in the 2006 election.

An unknown proportion of subducted continental crust returns to the surface as ultra-high pressure ( UHP ) metamorphic terranes, which contain metamorphic coesite and / or diamond plus or minus unusual silicon-rich garnets and / or potassium-bearing pyroxenes.

Theoretically there were 100 hides in each hundred, but this proportion was often not maintained, for example because of changes in the hundreds or in the estates comprising them or because assessments were altered when the actual cash liability was perceived as being too high or too low or for other reasons now unknown.

Napoleon issued orders that exempted San Marino's citizens from any type of taxation and gifted them with 1, 000 quintals ( over 2, 200 lb or 1, 000 kg ) of wheat and four cannons, which, for reasons unknown, never arrived.

His age was unknown, but citizens of the village estimated he was about twelve years old.

The origins of the powers exercised by the assembly of the citizens are virtually unknown because of the lack of historical documentation and Spartan state secrecy.

Why the “ old citizens ” supported him, and how many of them supported him, is entirely unknown.

An unknown number of citizens were ' forcibly ' conscripted into the German army.

In June 1946 114, 070 German and 41, 029 Soviet citizens were registered in the Oblast, with an unknown number of disregarded unregistered persons.

The struggle between Marius and Sulla led to the deaths of numerous distinguished Roman senators, equestrians and unknown thousands of Roman soldiers and citizens.

The Mayor of Tromaville is Mayor Peter Belgoody ( Pat Ryan Jr .) who, unknown to the citizens of the town, is also the leader of a massive Tromaville crime ring, but hides this fact by promoting good will and proposed justice to the town as a cover-up.

Here, he writes, “ Executed by an unknown hand, undoubtedly that of an artisan rather than an artist … our eagle looked down upon the comings and going of the courtyard, the tears and smiles of its citizens and the successes and failures of the poliical system which it was designed to represent ”.

Timoleon, being named by an unknown voice in the popular assembly, was chosen by a unanimous vote to undertake the mission, and set sail for Sicily with a few of the leading citizens of Corinth and a small troop of Greek mercenaries.

The reasons for this development is unknown, however it appears at that time, their children were too young to succeed their father and there was no authority to prevent civil unrest and unite the citizens of Commagene.

But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense.

* The United States Army in Iraq announces a dollar reward for the capture of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a leader of the terrorist organization Ansar al-Islam, blamed for the deaths of unknown numbers of Iraqi citizens and U. S. military during the U. S .- led occupation of Iraq.

In September 2003, the FBI issued an alert for four people they alleged " pose a threat to U. S. citizens ", including Abderraouf Jdey, Shukrijumah and the previously unknown Zubayr al-Rimi and Karim el-Mejjati.

However, nineteen days after the marriage, Ptolemy murdered his bride for unknown reasons, an unwise move since Berenice was very popular ; Ptolemy was immediately lynched by the citizens of Alexandria.

Cloud and many other citizens have become infected by a strange disease known as " Geostigma ", the origins of which are unknown, and for which there is no known cure.

In September 2003, the FBI issued an alert for four people they alleged " pose a threat to U. S. citizens ", including Jdey, Adnan G. El Shukrijumah and the previously unknown Zubayr al-Rimi and Karim el-Mejjati.

As the conflict escalated, the army began to fire on citizens, killing an unknown number near Gwangju Station on May 20.

Though seen by many Hegemony citizens as barbarians, the Ousters have a highly-advanced culture that focuses primarily on the fine arts and on aesthetic values almost unknown amidst the many technologies of the WorldWeb.

Eventually White House lawyers determined that the use of American forces to rescue citizens in an emergency was unlikely to run afoul of the law, but the legality of using military assets to withdraw refugees was unknown.

Of the non-U. S. citizens, 38, 457 ( 18. 2 %) are from Mexico, 2, 743 ( 1. 3 %) are from Colombia, 1, 834 ( 0. 9 %) are from Cuba, 2, 690 ( 1. 3 %) are from the Dominican Republic, and 11, 180 ( 5. 3 %) are of other citizenships or of unknown citizenships.

Kang is elected President and forces the citizens of America to build a giant ray gun to aim at an unknown planet.

This concept of citizenship is unknown to English constitutional law which, under the influence of Burke, Bentham, Austin, Dicey and Jennings, has treated British citizens as " subjects of the Crown without the benefit of positive and fundamental constitutional rights giving protection against the state and its agents.

Divorce is unknown and Intermere's citizens are said not to have a sense of humor.