pseudoreplication
pseudoreplication noun: the exaggeration of the statistical significance of a set of measurements resulting from treating the data as independent observations when they are in fact interdependent.
Noun
pseudoreplication (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoreplications)
- The exaggeration of the statistical significance of a set of measurements resulting from treating the data as independent observations when they are in fact interdependent.
- There are two kinds of pseudoreplication: / temporal pseudoreplication, involving repeated measurements from the same individual, and / spatial pseudoreplicaiton, involving several measurements taken from the same vicinity.2005, Michael J. Crawley, Statistics: an introduction using R, page 13
Forms of pseudoreplication
| plural | pseudoreplications |
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Origin of pseudoreplication
From pseudo- + replication.
Questions about pseudoreplication
- What does pseudoreplication mean?
- Pseudoreplication means the exaggeration of the statistical significance of a set of measurements resulting from treating the data as independent observations when they are in fact interdependent.
- What part of speech is pseudoreplication?
- Pseudoreplication is a noun.
- What is the plural of pseudoreplication?
- The plural of pseudoreplication is pseudoreplications.
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