All observations make use of prior assumptions, which can be symbolised as:

Any prior assumptions about distribution can influence the probability distribution function produced.

Frame, et al. (2005) noted that the range of the confidence limits is dependent on the nature of the prior assumptions made.

It would be unwise to make any prior assumptions.

The algorithm does not make any prior assumptions on the number of the clusters.

What he finds confounds some of his prior assumptions about a deeply complex society.

The implications of the findings can then be claimed to follow directly from scientific experiments conducted in an open-minded way with no prior assumptions.

Only by a rigorous analysis and exposition of the implicit prior assumptions can such terms be employed in court on a crucial point.

It goes without saying that the Council will examine these proposals according to their own merits and without prior assumptions of any kind.

The algorithm does not make any prior assumptions about the number or structure of the classes.