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The dictionary dot com states probability as meaning:
1. the quality or fact of being probable. 2. a strong likelihood or chance of something: The probability of the book's success makes us optimistic. 3. a probable event, circumstance, etc.: Our going to China is a probability. 4. Statistics. a. the relative possibility that an event will occur, as expressed by the ratio of the number of actual occurrences to the total number of possible occurrences. b. the relative frequency with which an event occurs or is likely to occur.
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JudyA probable event is one for whose chance of occurance is greater than 0.5.
A probable event is one for whose chance of occurance is greater than 0.5.
A probable event is one for whose chance of occurance is greater than 0.5.
A probable event is one for whose chance of occurance is greater than 0.5.
It is the ratio of the number of outcomes that include the event that you are looking for compared with the total number of outcomes possible.
Outcomes that include the event that you are looking for are often called "favourable outcomes" but that term is often inappropriate. For example, when studying the spread of an epidemic a "favourable" outcome may be catching the infection. I am not sure how many people (other than medicine makers) would consider that a favourable outcome!
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