The phrase "alter the odds" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing changing the likelihood or probability of a particular outcome.
Example: "By investing in new technology, we hope to alter the odds in our favor for a successful product launch."
Alternatives: "change the probabilities" or "shift the likelihoods."
Michael Howard's decision to reform the lengthy voting system for electing the new Conservative leader before stepping down - presumably to reassert the voice of Tory MPs as opposed to the "blue-rinse brigade" who imposed the hapless Iain Duncan Smith on the party - has done little to alter the odds of the frontrunners.
Mack decided to make the city of Ulm the centerpiece of his defensive strategy, which called for a containment of the French until the Russians under Kutuzov could arrive and alter the odds against Napoleon.
The goal of dice control, he explained, is to alter the odds of landing a seven from one in six to one in 6.23 rolls, the point at which shooters gain an advantage equivalent to that of card counters at the blackjack table.
Adjusting for testosterone and SHBG concentrations did not substantially alter the odds ratio for oestradiol.
Because adjustment for race and gender did not alter the odds ratios, they were not included in the final models.
As such, the deep freezing and thawing processes may alter the odds of detection and relative abundance of some, but not all OTUs in a biological sample.
We first examined whether an increase in the percentage of African Ancestry altered the odds of any primary cytogenetic abnormality.
We can likewise look back at pressure patterns during past hurricane seasons and examine whether global warming has altered the odds of patterns similar to Hurricane Harvey's.
As we know that multiple MC1R alleles affect red hair colour, we performed stepwise conditional association testing and identified 31 additional association signals in this region at genome-wide levels of statistical significance (p ≤ 5×10−8), altering the odds of having red hair compared to brown and black hair (Supplementary Table 1).
Confounders were included in the final model if their inclusion altered the odds ratio by >10% [ 29].
These covariates were retained in the model if they have altered the odds ratios for the main exposure of interest by more than 10%.
