尤ゆう度ど

noun

likelihood

Technical term in statistics and probability, referring to the plausibility of a parameter value given observed data. Not used in everyday conversation.

• 最さい尤ゆう推すい定ていでは、尤ゆう度どを最さい大だい化かするパラメータを求もとめる。

  In maximum likelihood estimation, we find the parameters that maximize the likelihood.

• このモデルの尤ゆう度どは非ひ常じょうに低ひくい。

  The likelihood of this model is very low.