conditional probability

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Recent Examples of conditional probability Thus was born, in these villages, the idea of conditional probabilities and, with it, the practice of conditional love. Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024 The prosecutor’s fallacy emerges constantly in problems of conditional probability, leading us sirenlike towards precisely the wrong conclusions—and undetected, sends innocent people to jail. David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2023 Each term in the Drake equation sets the conditional probability of the term that comes after. Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2021 The Goldman team sees a 30% probability of entering a recession over the next year, up from 15% previously, and a 25% conditional probability of entering a recession in the second year if one is avoided in the first. Enda Curran, Fortune, 21 June 2022 To calculate the probability of the outcome resulting from any particular branch (a conditional probability), the probabilities of the sequence of events are multiplied. New York Times, 13 May 2020 Doyle believes the humpback whales have conditional probabilities in their language. Brian Resnick, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018 The conditional probability wasn’t specified in Mr. Suva’s research note. Justin Lahart, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2018
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Noun
  • The percentage of claims that are low risk seems to be growing by the day.
    Tom Cullinan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The report also revealed that the percentage of people with income below the poverty threshold was highest among unmarried households with children.
    Therese Boudreaux | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Stocks plunged plunged after the report while Treasury yields soared as traders price in a lower probability of Fed rate cuts this year.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Purple: These words are associated with a probability brainteaser.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • According to the American Meteor Society, Quadrantids have the potential to be the strongest shower of the year, When To See The Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peak Dr. Balaji explained that the best time to view the Quadrantids will be from late night on January 3 to dawn on January 4, 2025.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The empty notebook becomes not just a symbol of potential but a lifeline to sanity, while the black milk represents not just personal fear but post-memory, an illustration of generations of women who dared to be both mothers and creators.
    Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Yet my colleagues and I can no longer ignore the possibility that somatic mutations may be affecting our adult patients.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Still, some experts warned of the terrorism risks presented by self-driving cars, including the possibility of a hack that could override the navigation system and send the car into a crowd.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025

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