conditional probability

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conditional probability

The probability that an event will occur, given that one or more other events have occurred.

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conditional probability

(Statistics) statistics the probability of one event, A, occurring given that another, B, is already known to have occurred: written P(A|B) and equal to P(A and B)|P(B)

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conditional probability - the probability that an event will occur given that one or more other events have occurred

contingent probability

probability, chance - a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

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