conditional probability

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Recent Examples on the Web 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conditional probability
Noun
  • Young men support her as well, but by much smaller percentages.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Those signatures must be from a percentage of voters statewide.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Harris wins, but the government is divided A 40% probability, with the S & P 500 to fall 1.5% This scenario has the greatest likelihood to come true of the four possible election outcomes.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Silver puts Trump's win probability at 51.1 percent and Harris' at 48.5 percent.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • His career-high 25 points revealed a momentary glimpse of scoring potential.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • These factories have some of the largest employment potential of any project supported by the act.
    James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • There’s always a possibility that, in these troubled times, escapist blockbusters like Wicked, Gladiator II, and Dune: Part Two will find favor with a demoralized and weary audience.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Another possibility is the telescope doesn’t identify a ninth planet but finds more distant objects than what was previously known.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024

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