conditional probability
noun
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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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1937, in the meaning defined above
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