# Statisticians: \_propto vs \_unnormalized (vs ?)

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**Created:** [May 31, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/statisticians-propto-vs-unnormalized-vs/9054 "2019-05-31T21:33:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/statisticians-propto-vs-unnormalized-vs/9054/2 "2019-05-31T21:50:02Z")

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Maybe kernel? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel\_(statistics)#Bayesian\_statistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(statistics)#Bayesian_statistics)  
Downside is that It’s already a heinously overloaded word.

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