The phrase "alter likelihood" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the modification or change of the probability of an event occurring.
Example: "The new evidence presented in court could alter the likelihood of a conviction."
Alternatives: "change the probability" or "modify the chances".
Thus, when we used the INSTRUCT software (Gao et al. 2007) on this dataset, it induced instability in assigning OT to the genetic groups and altered likelihood values for the different number of ancestral group assessed (data not shown).
"Climate change is known to alter the likelihood of increased wildfire sizes and frequencies … while also inducing stress on trees that indirectly exacerbate disturbances.
"In its earlier fourth assessment report released in 2007 the IPCC stated that: 'Climate change is known to alter the likelihood of increased wildfire sizes and frequencies … while also inducing stress on trees that indirectly exacerbate disturbances.
Karanka had made four changes to his team – one forced through the suspension of striker David Nugent – but it did not alter the likelihood of a goal.
But that does not alter the likelihood that she will ultimately prevail, once the race moves into states that better reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Democratic Party.
We found that behavioural differences between honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees alter the likelihood of pollen transfer from their bodies to the plant stigma.
Condition-independence says that the mere addition of a new observation condition ck+1, without specifying one of its outcomes, does not alter the likelihood of the outcomes ek of other experiments ck.
We considered the possibility that the properties of the intact protein that may alter the likelihood of being taken up by antigen presenting cells, may be useful adjuncts in predicting allergens and non-allergens in silico.
Future studies should directly test the susceptibility of MaSCs to transformation to better understand how changes in their cell number throughout pregnancy may alter the likelihood of developing breast cancer.
This paper identifies the features of TB control programs that alter the likelihood of novel MDR-TB strain emergence and the extent of spread of newly emerged resistant strains.
With the walker, we believe the onset bias may be related to the figure's orientation on first appearance, and in unpublished work we have noted that modifying onset orientation may alter the likelihood of perceiving CW or CCW at stimulus onset.
