Question

According to the rule of minimizing the error probabilities, the hypothesis should be like if the priori probabilities are ________ than the ratio of likelihoods.

(a) Lesser

(b) Greater

(c) Equal

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was addressed to me in unit test.

This interesting question is from Intersymbol Interference-2 topic in division Baseband Demodulation and Detection of Digital Communications

Answer 1

The correct option is (a) Lesser

The best I can explain: The rule of minimizing the error probabilities show that the hypothesis should be like if the ratio of likelihoods should be greater than the priori probabilities.