What does overchance mean?
Overchance means Occurring more than expected by mere chance or probability..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Occurring more than expected by mere chance or probability..
It was claimed that an overchance number of correct answers was scored.
If a subject systematically attains an overchance number of hits in a long series of calls, and if conditions reliably exclude normal sensory perception, as well as the possibility of rational inference, we consider this overchance result indicative of the manifestation of ESP.
He remarks cryptically that for reasons "too private to be discussed here" PS intimated to him "that in this particular study he would not aim at obtaining a high overchance result."
At the second birth there is still an overchance in favor of a boy.
Let us suppose that 29 licences having been correctly renewed, by some overchance the 30th gets out of phase.
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Overchance means Occurring more than expected by mere chance or probability..
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It was claimed that an overchance number of correct answers was scored.
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