a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
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Bayes' postulate
(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
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a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.(statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be comput…
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of…
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous.
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Computing and technology, Philosophy, Mathematical logic, Logic and argument.(statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.(statistics) correlated variation
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Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.(statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.The result that a study measures.
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution…
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry
Used in the same subject area: Mathematics, Philosophy, Mathematical logic, Logic and argument.(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry
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Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable
Used in the same subject area: Data science, Mathematics, Computing and technology, Mathematical statistics.a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies
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The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of infe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.Distinct; separate; not the same; other.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.To uncover.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- sai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: statistics, difficulty, applying, bayes, theorem.To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public i…
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