Probability
Cancer Statistics
The chance that an event occurs. It is usually expressed as a percent. Zero percent denotes impossibility, while 100% denotes certainty.
- — Glossary of Statistical Terms retrieved 2014-06-06
Forensic Science
the ratio of the number of outcomes in an exhaustive set of equally likely outcomes that produce a given event to the total number of possible outcomes.
- — Glossary of Forensic Terms retrieved 2014-05-28
Science› Biotechnology and Genetics
Food Biotechnology
The frequency of occurrence of an event.
Nuclear Physics
A number expressing the likelihood that a specific event will occur, expressed as the ratio of the number of actual occurrences to the number of possible occurrences.
Water
High - Greater than or equal to 90 percent. Mitigation efforts must be vigorous and imaginative in order to reduce the probability of occurrence, commensurate with the severity of impact.
Substantial - Greater than or equal to 75 percent but less than 90 percent. Mitigation efforts must be developed and pursued vigorously commensurate with possible impact.
Medium - Greater than or equal to 50 percent but less than 75 percent. Mitigation efforts should be developed and pursued commensurate with possible impact.
Low - Less than 50 percent. Indicates the risk is one that should be monitored, but appears to have been turned around and no action is needed.
Weather
A chance, or likelihood, that a certain event might happen.