posterior probability

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statistics the probability assigned to some parameter or to an event on the basis of its observed frequency in a sample, and calculated from a prior probability by Bayes' theoremCompare prior probability See also empirical (def. 5)

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Words nearby posterior probability

posterior median line, posterior median sulcus, posterior nasal spine, posterior palatine foramen, posterior perforated substance, posterior probability, posterior pyramid of medulla, posterior rhinoscopy, posterior root, posterior scalene muscle, posterior scleritis

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How to use posterior probability in a sentence

The posterior metaphor clicked, and she began rapping about being “no size 2.”
‘All About That Bass’ Singer Meghan Trainor On Haters and Her Polarizing (and Unlikely) No. 1 Hit|Marlow Stern|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Probability: 96 percent, unless this spring you finally gave up and ordered central air conditioning, in which case, 15 percent.
Let’s Lay Out the Odds on Your Crazy Summer|Kelly Williams Brown|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My friend cannot come to our house and sit his oft-photographed posterior on our sagging cushions.
How to Guest Star in Your Own Life|Annabelle Gurwitch|May 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I generally remember school physical education, PE, as a being a pain in the posterior.
The Financial Case for Dodgeball: Why America Needs Gym Class|Mark McKinnon|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A resurrection would be a miracle and as such would defy all “probability.”
Do We Know if There Was Really An Empty Tomb?|Bart D. Ehrman|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At last there appeared some probability of their accomplishing this, after a most curious and truly Mexican fashion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
But if the Bible was written by men, some of them more or less inspired, then it would not, in all probability be wholly perfect.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Had justice been ever taken into account, you and I would, in all probability, not have met on the present business.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
We arrive then at this one certain fact, that the flatter the model of a violin the greater the probability of a good fine tone.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
Its anterior portion is slender and thread-like, while the posterior portion is thicker (Fig. 112).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd