the likelihood that an occurrence will take place given that another occurrence is already understood as having happened.
CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY: "Since the temperature dropped, the conditional probability of there being more snow than rain is high."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/conditional-probability/ (accessed January 30, 2023).