probabilities
Odds of occurrence
Probabilities is the plural of probability—the likelihood that something will happen, expressed as a ratio or percentage.
In statistics, probabilities range from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain).
In everyday speech, probabilities often means odds or chances: The probabilities favor the incumbent.
In all probability means most likely.
Likelihood expressed numerically
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
roulette · dice · toss-up · fortune · fate · serendipity · coincidence · fluke
Mathematics of discrete enumeration
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- BayesianPrior-to-posterior probability approach
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
- distributionAllocation across recipients
theorem · formula · calculation · equation · factorial · binomial · Markov · axioms
Probability under null hypothesis
- significanceQuality of mattering
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- frequencyRate of recurrence
variance · percentile · quantile · chi-square · t-test · z-score · power · estimation
Possibility of harm
- doubtLack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- variabilityTendency to change
confidence · fuzzy · imprecision · indeterminacy · volatility · unknowns · credence · subjective
Estimating future conditions
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- predictionForecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- simulationImitation of real processes
odds
Likelihood expressed numerically
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
lottery · roulette · dice · toss-up · fortune · fate · serendipity · coincidence · fluke · hazard
combinatorics
Mathematics of discrete enumeration
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- BayesianPrior-to-posterior probability approach
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
distribution · theorem · formula · calculation · equation · factorial · binomial · Markov · axioms · joint
p-value
Probability under null hypothesis
- significanceQuality of mattering
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- samplingExtracting subset for study
frequency · variance · percentile · quantile · chi-square · t-test · z-score · power · estimation · bootstrap
risk
Possibility of harm
- doubtLack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
variability · confidence · fuzzy · imprecision · indeterminacy · volatility · unknowns · credence · subjective · epistemic
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- predictionForecast of coming events
- projectionSomething that extends outward
simulation · inference · classification · actuarial · epidemiological
- What Could Happenoutcomes, scenarios, possibilities, hypotheticals, consequences
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- math termsnumbers, plus or minus, linear growth, square, operand
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- number formsnumerals, digits, digit, integers, integer
- Abstractsabstractions, concepts, ideas, properties, qualities
probabilitiescertainties
Assured truths
certainty · sure things · absolutes · guarantees · foregone conclusions
probabilitiesnecessities
What you cannot lack
inevitabilities · predestination · fate · determinism · destiny
probabilitiesimpossibilities
Things that cannot exist
unknowables · mysteries · imponderables · wild guesses · blind spots
probably, probable, probability, improbable, improbability, improbably, unprovable, probables, probability theory