conditional frequency

conditional frequency

[kən′dish·ən·əl ′frē·kwən·sē]
(statistics)
If r and s are possible outcomes of an experiment which is performed n times, the conditional frequency of s given that r has occurred is the ratio of the number of times both r and s have occurred to the number of times r has occurred.
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