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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.
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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
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
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The new poll also found that the percentage of people who believe Ukraine is moving in the right direction has also grown significantly from 36 percent last week to now 44 percent.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Texas Tech entered the game ranked No. 28 in 3-point percentage and No. 93 in 3-point rate.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2025
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The European Space Agency shared a similar risk assessment of its own Tuesday, finding that the probability was .001%.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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At the end of January, when the 10-year yield was about 0.31 percentage point clear of the 3-month, the probability was just 23%.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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On top of its other benefits, this shampoo also has the potential to stimulate hair growth—and increase shine.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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While a wide range of filmmakers have embraced the potential of AI to enhance production and bring about efficiencies, the technology has been a hot button for unions given the potential risk to industry jobs.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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What makes the possibility of Ovechkin breaking Gretzky’s goal record this season so special is that Ovechkin would be doing it at the same seasonal rate as Gretzky did.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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However, Lutnick appeared to rule out the possibility that Trump would lift the tariffs entirely.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Conditional probability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conditional%20probability. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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