Positive Likelihood Ratio

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

“Nurturing competence, the food of self-esteem, comes from acknowledging and appreciating the positive contributions your children make. By catching our kids doing things right, we bring out the good that is already there.”
—Stephanie Martson (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)