Probability & statistics with r for engineers and scientists

  • anticipation
  • chance
  • contingency
  • expectation
  • feasibility
  • odds
  • possibility
  • prospect
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  • conceivability
  • credibility
  • hazard
  • liability
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  • plausibility
  • practicability
  • prayer
  • presumption
  • promise
  • reasonableness
  • shot
  • toss-up
  • outside chance
  • snowball's chance

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The probability an interval had zero signals was the probability that the first source didn’t emit a signal, 1−p, times the probability the second source didn’t emit a signal, 1−q.

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When you were told that your opponent would “play rock or paper with equal probability,” most solvers assumed that meant both probabilities were 50 percent, rather than being equal but less than 50 percent.

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prob·​a·​bil·​i·​ty | \ ˌprä-bə-ˈbi-lə-tē \

1a(1) : the chance that a given event will occur

(2) : the ratio of the number of outcomes in an exhaustive set of equally likely outcomes that produce a given event to the total number of possible outcomes

b : a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of probabilities

2 : something (such as an event or circumstance) that is probable

3 : the quality or state of being probable

4 : a logical relation between statements such that evidence confirming one confirms the other to some degree

What probability means?

Probability means possibility. It is a branch of mathematics that deals with the occurrence of a random event. The value is expressed from zero to one. Probability has been introduced in Maths to predict how likely events are to happen.

How do you calculate probability?

Probability is calculated by dividing the number of ways the event can occur by the total number of outcomes. Probability and odds are different concepts. Odds are the probability that something happens divided by the probability that it doesn't happen.

What is probability and example?

Probability = the number of ways of achieving success. the total number of possible outcomes. For example, the probability of flipping a coin and it being heads is ½, because there is 1 way of getting a head and the total number of possible outcomes is 2 (a head or tail).

What are the 3 types of probability?

Probability is the branch of mathematics concerning the occurrence of a random event, and four main types of probability exist: classical, empirical, subjective and axiomatic.