ConditionalProbabilities.md (706B)
1 # Conditional Probabilities 2 3 Stats D2 - Prob L2 4 5 **Definition:** Conditional probabilities are probabilities of some outcome given some assumed condition. 6 7 An example of this is there is an 80% chance that a republican will be in favor of something. This is a conditional probability where the condition is being republican and the probability is 80%. This is in contrast with the overall probability of being republican and being in favor which also shares a sample space with republican's who aren't, liberals who are, liberals who aren't, independents who are, and independents who aren't. Given this, the overall probability is far lower than the conditional probability which is generally the case.