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- Dictionarylikelihood/ˈlʌɪklɪhʊd/
noun
- 1. the state or fact of something's being likely; probability: "young people who can see no likelihood of finding employment"
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5 hours ago · A probability distribution is a mathematical description of the probabilities of events, subsets of the sample space. The sample space, often represented in notation by is the set of all possible outcomes of a random phenomenon being observed. The sample space may be any set: a set of real numbers, a set of descriptive labels, a set of vectors ...
1 day ago · Bootstrapping estimates the properties of an estimand (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution. One standard choice for an approximating distribution is the empirical distribution function of the observed data.
5 hours ago · Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences, such as physics and ...
1 day ago · Researchers state that there is no standard definition of lesbian because "The term has been used to describe women who have sex with women, either exclusively or in addition to sex with men (i.e., behavior ); women who self-identify as lesbian (i.e., identity ); and women whose sexual preference is for women (i.e., desire or attraction )" ...
1 day ago · 820,000 resulting from hepatitis B (2019) [ 1] Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver; [ 1][ 6] it is a type of viral hepatitis. [ 7] It can cause both acute and chronic infection. [ 1] Many people have no symptoms during an initial infection. For others, symptoms may appear 30 to 180 ...
1 day ago · Coeliac disease ( British English) or celiac disease ( American English) is a long-term autoimmune disorder, primarily affecting the small intestine, where individuals develop intolerance to gluten, present in foods such as wheat, rye and barley. [ 10] Classic symptoms include gastrointestinal problems such as chronic diarrhoea, abdominal ...
1 day ago · Gestational diabetes is a condition in which a person without diabetes develops high blood sugar levels during pregnancy. [ 2] Gestational diabetes generally results in few symptoms; [ 2] however, it increases the risk of pre-eclampsia, depression, and of needing a Caesarean section. [ 2] Babies born to individuals with poorly treated ...
