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Conditional independence — These are two examples illustrating conditional independence. Each cell represents a possible outcome. The events R, B and Y are represented by the areas shaded red, blue and yellow respectively. And the probabilities of these events are shaded… … Wikipedia
Independence (disambiguation) — Independence is the self government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population.Independence may also mean:;In mathematics: *Independence (mathematical logic), Logical independence *Linear independence *Statistical independence … Wikipedia
Independence (probability theory) — In probability theory, to say that two events are independent intuitively means that the occurrence of one event makes it neither more nor less probable that the other occurs. For example: The event of getting a 6 the first time a die is rolled… … Wikipedia
Independence of irrelevant alternatives — (IIA) is an axiom of decision theory and various social sciences. The word is used in different meanings in different contexts. Although they all attempt to provide a rational account of individual behavior or aggregation of individual… … Wikipedia
Conditional probability — The actual probability of an event A may in many circumstances differ from its original probability, because new information is available, in particular the information that an other event B has occurred. Intuition prescribes that the still… … Wikipedia
Conditional probability distribution — Given two jointly distributed random variables X and Y, the conditional probability distribution of Y given X is the probability distribution of Y when X is known to be a particular value. If the conditional distribution of Y given X is a… … Wikipedia
Statistical independence — In probability theory, to say that two events are independent, intuitively means that the occurrence of one event makes it neither more nor less probable that the other occurs. For example:* The event of getting a 6 the first time a die is rolled … Wikipedia
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Act of Independence of Lithuania — The Act of Independence of Lithuania ( lt. Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Aktas) or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by… … Wikipedia
statistical independence — /stəˌtɪstɪkəl ɪndəˈpɛndəns/ (say stuh.tistikuhl induh penduhns) noun Statistics a condition on the two way probability distribution of two variables such that the conditional probability distribution of one variable for a given value of a second… …
