increased probability

collocation in English

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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probability
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌprɒb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌprɑː.bəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the level of possibility of something happening or ...
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Among immediate-family households, ethnicity was a predictor of anincreasedprobabilityof being immune regardless of age.
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The logical result here would be a stronger referent trace and thus anincreasedprobabilityof the occurrence of anaphoric pronouns.
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Other findings are unexpected, and await confirmation by others such as theincreasedprobabilityof onsets among smokers.
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A significant deviation in pattern of adaptation represents anincreasedprobabilityof problems in negotiating subsequent developmental issues.
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A common criticism of failing to include random effects is theincreasedprobabilityof identifying additional (nonmeaningful) classes.
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Theincreasedprobabilityof contacting a herd is associated with splitting each herd in half (see text for details).
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Higher household incomes are also associated with anincreasedprobabilityof adopting defensive behaviour.
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The results point to a deficiency in the models : they do not allow for anincreasedprobabilityof a visit on the day after a holiday.
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This, along with artificial feeding and other management actions, has led to densities where the health and well-being of populations are under threat due toincreasedprobabilityof disease transmission.
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The increased labor effort (and, therefore,increasedprobabilityof high output and future rewards) of the top quintile starts to have a negative effect on the distribution.
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They further proposed that an environment of reduced control leads to the development of a cognitive bias whereby the person has anincreasedprobabilityof interpreting future situations as uncontrollable.
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Unfortunately, this is associated with anincreasedprobabilityof accidents.
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Vulnerability in psychological terms is implied as anincreasedprobabilityof emotional pain and some type of psychopathology.
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The lamina propria macrophages when under much stress release pro-inflammatory signals that may lead toincreasedprobabilityof developing cancer.
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For paired associates, the effect is limited to anincreasedprobabilityof recall for the final 2 or 3 pairs studied.
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Measures of empathy show that mirror neurons are activated during arousal of sympathetic responses and prolonged activation showsincreasedprobabilityto help others.
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This mechanical deformation causes stretch-sensitive channels to have anincreasedprobabilityof opening.
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The incident did not result in anyincreasedprobabilityof an accident.
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As already mentioned, the fallacy is built on the notion that previous failures indicate anincreasedprobabilityof success on subsequent attempts.
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If the membrane potential is raised above a certain level, the channel showsincreasedprobabilityof transitioning to the "activated" (open) state.
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