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geo-imputation

geo-imputation noun: the process of replacing missing values for exact geographical locations with approximate locations derived from associated data.

Noun

geo-imputation (uncountable)

  1. The process of replacing missing values for exact geographical locations with approximate locations derived from associated data.
    • If a person's census tract is known but no other address information is available, then geo-imputation may be used to assign that person to a smaller geographic area, such as a census block group.

Origin of geo-imputation

From geo- + imputation.

Questions about geo-imputation

What does geo-imputation mean?
Geo-imputation means the process of replacing missing values for exact geographical locations with approximate locations derived from associated data.
What part of speech is geo-imputation?
Geo-imputation is a noun.

Words near geo-imputation in the dictionary

  1. geo-fence
  2. geo-fenced
  3. geo-fences
  4. geo-fencing
  5. geo-fiction
  6. geo-imputation
  7. geo-map
  8. geo-mapped
  9. geo-mapping
  10. geo-maps
  11. geo-military

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