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'op'

English translation: 'to'

14:49 Sep 17, 2015
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Mathematics & Statistics / DNA tests for paternity
Dutch term or phrase: 'op'
De waarschijnlijkheid dat ze dezelfde biologische
moeder en vader hebben is ~3~ op 1.

What is the usual way of stating this in the context of an inconclusive set of test results?
[There is nothing in the rest of the text that allows one to deduce anything.]



Other instances are:

De waarschijnlijkheid dat ze een gemeenschappelijke biologische ouder hebben is ~3~ op 1.
De waarschijnlijkheid dat ze niet een gemeenschappelijke biologische ouder hebben is ~4~ op 1.

De waarschijnlijkheid dat de vermeende verwant de biologische verwant van het geteste kind is, is ~3~ op 1.

....but 3 children are involved.
TIA.
Dr Lofthouse
France
Local time: 16:51
English translation:'to'
Explanation:
3 to 1

http://www.sparknotes.com/math/algebra1/probability/section2...
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freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 17:51
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2'to'
freekfluweel
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DLyons


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'to'


Explanation:
3 to 1

http://www.sparknotes.com/math/algebra1/probability/section2...

freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 17:51
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: You can either say odds of 3 to 1, or a probability of 1 in 4. I assume ~3~ means "approximately 3".
53 mins
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neutral  DLyons: Doesn't work with waarschijnlijkheid.
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agree  writeaway
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Explanation:
The first thing to note is that "waarschijnlijkheid" is "probability" or "likelihood". These, by definition, must be less than one. "odds" can be greater than one e.g. "3 to 1" or "3:1" but that term is also "odds" in Dutch.

So "waarschijnlijkheid is 3 op 1" should logically mean "probability of 1 in 3" = "probability of one third".

And here's a German example from Roulette where it obviously means exactly that "Vollwetten (frz. Plein, eng. Full number) sind Wetten auf eine einzige Zahl, die 35 zu 1 ausgezahlt werden (obwohl die eigentliche Wahrscheinlichkeit 36 zu 1 steht".

Offhand, I don't see as clear an example in Dutch.

Re the tilde, my best guess is that it doesn't mean approximately, but I don't know how it's gotten into the text!!!

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 16:51
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Native speaker of: English
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