{"id":9169,"date":"2019-05-22T16:15:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/stochasticity\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:15:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:15:40","slug":"stochasticity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/stochasticity\/","title":{"rendered":"Stochasticity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refers to any process in which there is a random variable or element of probability in its structure, and which as such depends on some parameter that may be discrete or continuous.  In a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of discrete events, the outcome of one event has no bearing on the outcome of any other. <\/p>\n

See Hidden Markov model (HMM), Motor noise, Perception-action coupling, Quantum mechanics, Time-series<\/p>\n

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Refers to any process in which there is a random variable or element of probability in its structure, and which as such depends on some parameter that may be discrete or continuous.  In a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of discrete events, the outcome of one event has no bearing on the outcome of … <\/p>\n

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