Probability theory is an interesting area of statistics concerned with the odds or chances of an event happening in a trial, eg getting a six when a dice is thrown or drawing an ace of hearts from a pack of cards To work out odds, we also need to have an understanding of permutations and combinations The math isn't terribly complicated, so read on and you might beIf the odds are tiny (one to a million), the probability is tiny, almost zero How to convert odds to probability and odds to a probability To convert from a probability to odds, divide the probability by one minus that probability So if the probability is 10% or 010 , then the odds are 01/09 or '1 to 9' or 0111Conversely, if odds are very small (1/1000), probability will also be very small, close to 0 Probability/Odds Conversion Converting probabilities into odds, we simply divide the probability by 1 less the probability, eg, if the probability is 25% (025), the odds are 025/075, which can also be expressed as 1 to 3 or 1/3 or 0333 Odds
Against All Odds Inside Statistics Unit 18 Introduction To Probability Alexander Street A Proquest Company