probability
probability
Definition
prob·abil·ity (präb′ə bil′ə tē)
noun pl. -·ties
- the quality or state of being probable; likelihood
- something probable
- Math. the ratio of the number of times something will probably occur to the total number of possible occurrences
Etymology: MFr probabilité < L probabilitas
in all probability
very likely
probability
Synonyms
probability
n.
Antonyms
probability
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- occurrence: And those payoffs are not strictly aligned with their probabilities of occurrence.
Converse of object
- calculate: Intuitively, there would appear to be no problem in calculating these probabilities: Consider the possible events in a given time interval.
- assign: Therefore what we need are statistical techniques that allow us to assign a probability to the outcome of an experiment.
- compute: Finally we may simply observe the system as a " black box " where we compute the probability of failure from past experience.
- predict: The census data center the predicted probability to face some.
Adjective modifier
- posterior: What conclusions do you draw from the computation of the posterior probability?
- conditional: Statistical classifiers, for example, require data to estimate conditional probabilities.
- pre-test: The pre-test probability of pulmonary embolic disease should be determined.
- inverse: Note The passage on inverse probability is reproduced in Likelihood and Probability in R. A. Fisher's Statistical Methods for Research Workers.
- unconditional: We consider networks with heterogeneous a-priori conditional and unconditional failure probability.
- binomial: By now our pupils are calculating binomial probabilities almost without realizing it.
Modifies a noun
- density: The first is a full Bayes solution where the full probability density function of the model outputs is produced.
- distribution: The posterior probability distribution explains what is known about a parameter given observed data.
- estimator: This is achieved through a statistical interpretation of connectionist networks as probability estimators.
- p: Each person in every layer dies with probability p at each iteration.
- amplitude: The final probability of an event is then obtained by the sum of the squares of the two numbers describing the resultant probability amplitude.
Noun used with modifier
- priori: The specification of different a priori probabilities can greatly affect the accuracy of the prediction.
- disabilitythe: Set of interactions of workers a disabilitythe probability the health insurance.
- non-zero: All children born as members of the MCS population should have a known and non-zero probability of being included in the selected sample.
- transition: In a formal argument we claim the transition probability of OK to ERROR is zero.
probability Quotes
But to us, probability is the very guide of life.
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