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toss-ups and close calls  

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  • The term toss-up has different senses in the different contexts in which it is used. In a more technical sense, it is best understood in terms of the flip of a fair coin, where the chance of heads coming up is 50:50 and the chance of tails coming up is also 50:50. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Toss-Ups and Close Calls]

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