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(Etienne van de Walle et al., second 1982 edition)
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|134_1_1_en_II Probability.ogg|'''probability'''
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|134_2_1_en_II Chance.ogg|'''chance'''
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|134_2_2_en_II Risk.ogg|'''risk'''
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|134_3_1_en_II Exposed to risk.ogg|'''exposed to risk'''
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|134_4_1_en_II Homogeneous.ogg|'''homogeneous'''
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|134_5_1_en_II Heterogeneous.ogg|'''heterogeneous'''
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|134_6_1_en_II Specific rate.ogg|'''specific rate'''
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|134_7_1_en_II General rate.ogg|'''general rate'''
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[[en-II:probability]] [[ar-II:إحتمال]] [[cs-II:pravděpodobnost]] [[de-II:Wahrscheinlichkeit]] [[es-II:probabilidad]] [[fr-II:probabilité]] [[it-II:probabilità]] [[ja-II:確率]] [[pt-II:probabilidade]] [[ru-II:Вероятность]] [[zh-II:概率]]
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Revision as of 05:52, 5 February 2010

Probability  (PROBABILITY n.)


The relative frequency (133-5) of a non-renewable event is often regarded as an empirical measure of the probability 1 of occurrence of that event. This presumes that all the individuals who appear in the denominator have been exposed to risk 3 in some way, i.e. there must have been a chance 2 or risk 2 that the event in question could happen to them. The use of the term "risk" does not imply that the event in question is in any way unwanted; thus the term "risk of marriage" is used. The population is often divided into different sub-groups, in which the risk of the event in question is less variable between individuals than in the population as a whole; the subgroup is more homogeneous 4 with respect to the risk than the relatively heterogeneous 5 whole population. Rates calculated for such subgroups are called specific rates 6 as opposed to crude rates (136-8) which apply to the population as a whole. General rates 7 sometimes involve an age restriction, as in the instance of general fertility rates (633-7).

  • 1. Probability, n. - probable, adj.
  • 4. Homogeneous, adj. - homogeneity, n.
  • 5. Heterogeneous, adj. - heterogeneity, n.

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