An interim assessment of likelihood ratio of homeopathic symptoms shows that there
are serious flaws in Kent's repertory. The system of expressing relationship between
symptoms and expected results from medicines by typeface is unclear and unreliable.
Bayesian methods can improve this and expand the possibilities of the repertory including
the possibility of interpreting the absence of expected symptoms.
Keywords
likelihood ratio - Bayesian analysis - homeopathy - repertory - clinical symptoms
- inclusion - exclusion
