The likelihood of all possible outcomes. The common example of a probability distribution is a coin toss, and the bell curve is the common expression of the distribution of events. THIS DEFINITION IS ...

- 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 Example - " the probability that an unbiased coin ...

THE subject of probability originated in the consideration of actual but trivial problems. Its obvious attractions as a field for the exercise of mathematical ingenuity soon gave it a predominantly ...