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estimands

estimands is the plural of estimand.

Meaning of estimand

Noun

estimand (plural estimands)

  1. that which is being estimated.
    • Statistics needs a term like estimand to replace the lengthy phrase independent variable.1939, Charles F. Roos with Victor von Szeliski, “The Concept of Demand and Price Elasticity—The Dynamics of Automobile Demand”, in Journal of the American Statistical Association, volume 34, number...

Questions about estimands

What is estimands the plural of?
Estimands is the plural of estimand.

Words near estimands in the dictionary

  1. estimability
  2. estimable
  3. estimableness
  4. estimably
  5. estimand
  6. estimands
  7. estimatability
  8. estimatable
  9. estimate
  10. estimated
  11. estimated date of delivery

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