<p>The following question <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/169390/what-is-a-predictive-distribution">What is a predictive distribution?</a> was closed for being duplicate to this one:</p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/72697/understanding-bayesian-predictive-distributions">Understanding Bayesian Predictive Distributions</a></p>

<p>But the last question is specifically about Bayesian predictive distributions, while the newly closed one was general, not specifically Bayesian. So it is not a duplicate, and I request that it to be reopened. </p>

<p>Predictive distribution is a concept that can also be treated by non-Bayesian methods!</p>
