The phrase "against the probability" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing situations or outcomes that are unlikely to happen or contradict statistical expectations.
Example: "The team's victory was against the probability, as they were the underdogs in the tournament."
Alternatives: "contrary to expectations" or "against the odds".
For Ned, working against the probability of mass killing, Douglas's death is cataclysmic on its own scale: "His great friend was dead.
The node degree (i.e., number of edges connected to the node) was plotted against the probability P(k) that a node would have that degree in the network.
After all the company had been through, they did not want to trade off the certainty of raising £56 million against the probability of raising more.
Anyone thinking of applying to veterinary school needs to balance the likelihood of high job satisfaction against the probability of financial strain.
Measured against the probability of, say, the Chicago Cubs winning the Super Bowl, the Presidential campaign of Donald John Trump, real-estate baron, clothier, and firer of faux employees, has a degree of plausibility.
Mr Posen said that on pure economic grounds the referendum should be held as soon as possible to minimise investor uncertainty, but "you want to weigh the timing and uncertainty issue against the probability of getting the right result".
The probability plots (Chambers et al. 1983) consists of plots of the observed probabilities, against the probabilities predicted by the fitted model are also presented in Figure 5.
In (b) we compare the lag-1 sustaining probabilities against the probabilities P ( x i ( t ) = 1 | x i ( t − 1 ) = 1, x i ( t − 2 ) = 0 ) and P ( x i ( t ) = 1 | x i ( t − 1 ) = 1, x i ( t − 2 ) = 1 ) (i.e. treating variables as a lag-2 dynamical process).
The top four panels of Fig. 4 plot the obtained probabilities, O k|j /Nt, against the probabilities predicted by the GEV model for the four session blocks in the baseline condition.
As noted here, with Orman facing off alone against Roberts, the probability of Democratic control shot up to eighty-five per cent.
Using those estimates we can moreover calculate: the participation rates for supporters per voter type (for vs. against), and the probability of being pivotal in such a contest.
