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Numeric

Alt. of Numerical

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Quantitative 84% connected

Relating to quantity.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Quantitative 84% connected

Relating to quantity.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Number 74% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Number 74% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Number 66% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Numeral 92% connected

Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

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Numerical 92% connected

Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decimal adjective · 86% connection

numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system"

Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Quantitative methods, Sociological research.
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Denary adjective · 86% connection

numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the decimal system"

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Duodecimal adjective · 86% connection

based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system"

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Valued adjective · 86% connection

(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind; "triple-valued"

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Vicenary adjective · 86% connection

of or relating to or based on 20

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Descriptive anthropology noun · 85% connection

the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

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Ethnography noun · 85% connection

the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

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Interview verb · 85% connection

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

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Question verb · 85% connection

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

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Sample noun · 85% connection

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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Sample distribution noun · 85% connection

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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Sampling noun · 85% connection

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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Sight noun · 85% connection

the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

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Survey noun · 85% connection

the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

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View noun · 85% connection

the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

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Average noun · 84% connection

a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

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Norm noun · 84% connection

a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

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Acceptance sampling noun · 84% connection

a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of def…

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Actuary noun · 78% connection

someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance p…

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Casualty noun · 78% connection

Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.

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Coefficient noun · 78% connection

A numerical or constant factor in a mathematical expression

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Collation noun · 78% connection

assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence

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Democracy noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

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Distribution noun · 78% connection

How data or resources are spread out.

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Entropy noun · 78% connection

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

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Ephemeris noun · 78% connection

A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of th…

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finite element analysis noun · 78% connection

A computer method for predicting how a structure responds to forces or heat.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerical.
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Function noun · 78% connection

A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerical.
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Gauge noun · 78% connection

Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usua…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerical.
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Identity noun · 78% connection

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerical.
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Identity element noun · 78% connection

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerical.
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Identity operator noun · 78% connection

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerical.
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Information noun · 78% connection

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerical.
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Is- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix or combining form, indicating identity, or equality; the same numerical value; as in isopod, isomorphous, isochromatic.

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Majority rule noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

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