Positive Likelihood Ratio

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

    “The most positive men are the most credulous.”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    “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)