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(statistics) Acronym of analysis of variance. [(statistics) A collection of statistical models, and their associated procedures, in which the observed variance is partitioned into components due to different explanatory variables.]
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(mathematics) The dependence of a measure on some previous observations
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(mathematics) The number of times one branch of a link must be passed through the other in order to undo it.
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(computing theory) A type of ω-automaton that extends a finite automaton to infinite inputs. It accepts an infinite input sequence if there exists a run of the automaton that visits (at least) one of the final states infinitely often.
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(mathematics) any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a chi-square distribution if the null hypothesis is true
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(mathematics) Of or pertaining to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets.
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Relating to combinatorics
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(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable
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(statistics) An extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable.
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(sciences) A factor that is held constant in a series of experiments in which other factors are varied
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(mathematical analysis) a sequence which converges
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(statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
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(mathematics) Having a common set of points
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(statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
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(computing) A part of computerised stock control that identifies the minimum stock needed to avoid shortage
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(statistics) Any technique or instance of assessing how the results of a statistical analysis will generalize to an independent dataset.
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Alternative form of cusp form [(mathematics) A kind of modular form with a zero constant coefficient in the Fourier series expansion.]
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(mathematics, statistics) The mathematical process of fitting a smooth curve to dispersed data points.
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(mathematics) A statistical technique, similar to independent component analysis, for separating correlated data.
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(mathematics) The reverse process of a projection, in which the original figure is reproduced.
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(mathematics, combinatorics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.
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(mathematics, computing, cognitive science) The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements
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(sciences) A bar used on a graph to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement.
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To convert to exponential form.
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A function which, being applied to output from a weakly random entropy source, together with a short, uniformly random seed, generates a highly random output that appears independent from the source and uniformly distributed.
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(uncountable, statistics) A statistical method used to describe variability among observed correlated variables in terms of one or more unobserved variables (called factors).
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A sequence generator which has a finite description of the internal generator state.
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(mathematics, biology) A mathematical model for evaluating the development of a system.
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(statistics) A statistical measure for assessing the reliability of agreement between a fixed number of raters.
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(sciences) The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of experiments.
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(physics) That interact in a commutative manner
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(mathematics) Relating to intersection.
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(statistics) A statistic for gauging the similarity and diversity of sample sets, based on the size of the intersection between the sets divided by the size of the union of the sets.
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(statistics) Any estimator that is a linear combination of order statistics of the measurements.
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(statistics) The statistical tendency toward a fixed ratio in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; law of averages.
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(statistics) A linear equation for deriving a single predicted value from one or more known explanatory values.
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One of a variety of special applications of Zipf's law, describing the frequency of publication by authors in any given field.
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(mathematics) Alternative form of majorization [(mathematics) A preorder on vectors of real numbers.]
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(figuratively) Extremely precise and accurate, as though having the exactness of a mathematical equation.
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(mathematics) The process of finding the minimum value of a function.
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(mathematics) Minorization.
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(mathematics) The action of forming a lower bound
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(mathematics) To be or become a lower bound
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(mathematics) A minorization function.
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(statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
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(statistics) Of a data set that has been adjusted to a norm.
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(mathematics, computing) Conversion to a parsimonious form
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Remaining correlation of two random variables in a stochastic process after intervening random variables have been accounted for.
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(mathematics, in a system of multiple variables) To remove one variable (by giving it a fixed value) in order to identify any correlation between others
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(mathematics) A mathematical theory that models a cluster structure in a random graph to describe the spread of phenomena passing through the edges.
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(mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points
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(computing) A software mechanism that quasiquotes.
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(statistics) The procedure of applying the Rao–Blackwell theorem to an estimator.
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(mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
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(mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
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(statistics) The dependent variable in a regression.
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(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
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(statistics) The result obtained by taking either the largest or smallest half of the values and calculating the mean.
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(computing, mathematics) Having some aspects that are numerical and others that are not.
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(mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
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(statistics) A measure of how spread out data values are around the mean, defined as the square root of the variance. Represented with the Greek letter σ (sigma).
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(mathematics, statistics) The value of a variable minus its mean, divided by its standard deviation.
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Abbreviation of standard deviation. [(statistics) A measure of how spread out data values are around the mean, defined as the square root of the variance. Represented with the Greek letter σ (sigma).]
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(mathematics) The condition of being subminimal
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(mathematics, archaic) Being or relating to a ratio where the larger value exceeds the smaller by more than one unit, as in 3 to 5.
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A mathematical combination of two or more unrelated statistics
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(statistics) The second central moment in probability.
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(statistics) Describing a rotation that maximizes the sum of the variances of the squared loadings, often used in surveys to see how groupings of questions measure the same concept.
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(statistics) An improvement over the normal binomial approximation interval in that the actual coverage probability is closer to the nominal value.
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(statistics) A transformation of statistics of a batch or sample by transforming extreme values.
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(statistics) The number of standard deviation units away from the mean a particular value of data lies.
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