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In what sense is conditional used here? E(X | Y) or E(X | Y = y) ?
by im3w1l 6y ago
In what sense is conditional used here? E(X | Y) or E(X | Y = y) ?
- nerdponx 6y agoI don't think the phrase "conditional on individuals subscribing to them" is meant to be a probabilistic conditional. I think they are using "conditional on" solecistically to mean "unless".
- im3w1l 6y agoIn a non-mathematical context it would mean "given (that)", not "unless".
- nerdponx 6y agoI think you're right, but this is a difficult sentence to parse: Facebook's algorithm is less likely to supply individuals with posts from counter-attitudinal outlets, conditional on individuals subscribing to them