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statistical independence
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statistical independence [stə′tis·tə·kəl ‚in·də′pen·dəns]
(statistics)
Two events are statistically independent if the probability of their occurring jointly equals the product of their respective probabilities. Also known as stochastic independence.


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The probability that each of these stochastically independent events could align precisely as they have, without any intervention, is roughly 0 -- in other words, it can't happen.
Moreover the numbers of events in disjoint sets are stochastically independent.
A common feature of the above mentioned papers is that they assume domestic and foreign markets to be stochastically independent.
 
 
 
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