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likelihood

or chance

In mathematics, a subjective assessment of possibility that, when assigned a numerical value on a scale between impossibility (0) and absolute certainty (1), becomes a probability (see probability theory). Thus, the numerical assignment of a probability depends on the notion of likelihood. If, for example, an experiment (e.g., a die toss) can result in six equally likely possible outcomes, the probability of each is ¹⁄₆.

likelihood [′līk·lē‚hu̇d]

(mathematics)

The likelihood of a sample of independent values ofx₁,x₂, … ,x_n, with ƒ(x) the probability function, is the product ƒ(x₁) - ƒ(x₂) - ⋯ - ƒ(x_n).

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