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:<math>\hat{y} = \operatorname{\arg\max}_{y} \Pr(Y=y \vert X)</math>

or, in English for dummies, the predicted class is that which has the highest probability.

Binary probabilistic classifiers are also called [[binomial regression]] models in [[statistics]]. In [[econometrics]], probabilistic classification in general is called [[discrete choice]].