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
  • Turnout as a percentage of the voting-age population this election is currently about 70.7%, with 98% of ballots counted and final numbers pending.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The Warriors rank last in free throw percentage this season.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The price of that contract changes with the probability of the outcome.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pollster Nate Silver's Silver Bulletin projects an even wider margin, with Trump at a 53.8 percent probability of winning to Harris' 45.8 percent.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Make 2024 different from previous years and unlock all your hidden potentials.
    Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Weather: Watch for periods of rain today, with the potential for some ponding on streets and highways.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The list of possibilities runs the gamut from networks owned by Warner Bros Discovery or Paramount to stand-alone companies/JVs like AMC Networks and A&E Networks.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Frolova-Walker and Walker, at the end of their book on the Shostakovich Fifth, entertain an enticing possibility: What if the work actually had nothing to do with Stalin?
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024

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