prior probability

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statistics the probability assigned to a parameter or to an event in advance of any empirical evidence, often subjectively or on the assumption of the principle of indifferenceCompare posterior probability

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How to use prior probability in a sentence

He was one of few outspoken activists in Syria prior to the uprising that took a place in March of 2011.
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In fact, he was in contact with Lansky prior to converging from the hillside onto the streets of Havana.
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That gross abuse should be among the products of such all-prior-bets-are-off decision making is hardly surprising.
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“In the months prior to that, when we started taking prisoners [in Afghanistan], we were improvising,” he said.
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And prior to that day, it shocked me a lot, it shocked me a lot.
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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
This system had been in full operation in both districts prior to the general application of the voluntary system.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
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
Fifteen years prior to the commencement of our story, Dorothy had been found by farmer Rushmere on the wild common fronting them.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
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