Positive Likelihood Ratio

Famous quotes containing the words positive, likelihood and/or ratio:

“Whoever influences the child’s life ought to try to give him a positive view of himself and of his world. The child’s future happiness and his ability to cope with life and relate to others will depend on it.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)

“What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

“People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)