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Probabilities notations for humans
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| P(this): | |
| humanized: "probability of this fact to be true" | |
| examples: | |
| - "P(X) really means WHAT IS(The probability of this fact not to be true)" | |
| P(~that): | |
| humanized: "probability of that fact not to be true" | |
| examples: | |
| - P(~X) really means WHAT IS(The probability of that fact not to be true)" | |
| |: | |
| for_human: "given that" | |
| examples: | |
| - "P(Cancer | Positive test) really means WHAT IS(the probability that I have cancer GIVEN THAT I'm tested positive)" | |
| - "P(Cancer | Negative test) really means WHAT IS(the probability that I have cancer GIVEN THAT I'm tested negative)" | |
| ,: | |
| humanized: "combined with" | |
| examples: | |
| - "P(Cancer , Positive test) really means WHAT IS(the probability that I have cancer COMBINED WITH the probability I am tested positive)" | |
| - "P(Cancer , Negative test) really means WHAT IS(the probability that I have cancer COMBINED WITH the probability I am tested negative)" |
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