probability theory
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of probability theory
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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This direction of developing probability theory for more complicated structures than numbers is an example.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2022
Lizza’s mother, Oksana, a professor of probability theory and statistical mathematics at Pryazovskyi State Technical University, didn’t want to leave without her own parents, who lived in another neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
He helped lay the foundations of calculus and probability theory.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
Then there was Musil the philosophical scientist, interested in probability theory and logical positivism, as well as in the workings of the mind and the soul.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
The theoretically more interesting field of inferential statistics uses probability theory to make predictions, to estimate important characteristics of a population, and to test the validity of hypotheses.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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