mathematical probability

noun

1. the probability of an event consisting of n out of m possible equally likely occurrences, defined to be n / m See also principle of indifference
2. the study of such probabilities

Example Sentences

"When you look at the mathematical probability, I would rather be 19 points ahead than behind but it is what it is."

From BBC

Another piece of evidence also hints at the possible involvement of younger people in the plot: an impression on the paper of one of the ransom notes revealed a mathematical probability tree, of the sort taught to teenagers.

From The Guardian

So, as he warns at the beginning of chapter 9, where the rubber of mathematical probability theory hits the road of statistical inference, some material will prove challenging even to scientifically sophisticated readers.

From Nature

Championship game two weeks earlier, Allen, who founded Microsoft along with Bill Gates, said he had calculated the mathematical probability of his team winning.

From New York Times

The rate at which Holick diagnoses the disorder “doesn’t fall into the mathematical probability of chance,” Brad Tinkle, a clinical geneticist at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital, in Indianapolis, said.

From The New Yorker