I was wondering if "probably not" means the same thing as "unlikely".
Thank you!
Well probably not means that there is greater than a 50% chance of the outcome NOT happening. In the LSAT world I would interpret unlikely to at least mean less than 50% chance of something happening so pretty much the same. But but it’s more commonly used as a relative term in the real world and most people use it when something is probably very unlikely to happen like 10% or less.
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@corykopicki143 said:
Hello,
I was wondering if "probably not" means the same thing as "unlikely".
Thank you!
Well probably not means that there is greater than a 50% chance of the outcome NOT happening. In the LSAT world I would interpret unlikely to at least mean less than 50% chance of something happening so pretty much the same. But but it’s more commonly used as a relative term in the real world and most people use it when something is probably very unlikely to happen like 10% or less.