Yeah, tried that, and none of these words seem to be it. The word “kurs” does mean odds but only in a gambling context; it also means “exchange rate” when applied to currencies, it’s that kind of a financial word. I’m looking for what a mathematician would use.
Different languages don’t carve reality the same way (which is why I find wikipedia a better dictionary than the piece of relative uselessness that is Google Translate, because if I understand both articles then I can be sure I have the right word for my meaning), but I’m still sure such a word must exist because it’s a specific thing in mathematics. That’s why I posted in the dumb questions thread. ;)
EDIT: Aha. “iloraz szans”. Can’t remember ever hearing this term, but at least I know now why it’s not linked to from the English article—because Polish wikipedia in its wisdom decided it’s not worthy of its own article, and buried this info in an article about logistic regression.
What word do people who bet on horses use? Is there a difference between mathematical odds and gambling odds (other than what things you talk about odds for?
I don’t bet on horses, but I figure they’d use “kurs”. And the word means more the relation between bets and payoffs than the mathematical probability of winning, so it kinda makes sense that it’s a different word.
Yeah, tried that, and none of these words seem to be it. The word “kurs” does mean odds but only in a gambling context; it also means “exchange rate” when applied to currencies, it’s that kind of a financial word. I’m looking for what a mathematician would use.
Different languages don’t carve reality the same way (which is why I find wikipedia a better dictionary than the piece of relative uselessness that is Google Translate, because if I understand both articles then I can be sure I have the right word for my meaning), but I’m still sure such a word must exist because it’s a specific thing in mathematics. That’s why I posted in the dumb questions thread. ;)
EDIT: Aha. “iloraz szans”. Can’t remember ever hearing this term, but at least I know now why it’s not linked to from the English article—because Polish wikipedia in its wisdom decided it’s not worthy of its own article, and buried this info in an article about logistic regression.
What word do people who bet on horses use? Is there a difference between mathematical odds and gambling odds (other than what things you talk about odds for?
I don’t bet on horses, but I figure they’d use “kurs”. And the word means more the relation between bets and payoffs than the mathematical probability of winning, so it kinda makes sense that it’s a different word.