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Sørensen-Dice coefficient

Sørensen-Dice coefficient noun: a statistic used to gauge the similarity of two samples. It is equal to twice the number of elements common to both sets, divided by the sum of the number of elements in each set.

Noun

Sørensen–Dice coefficient (plural Sørensen-Dice coefficients)

  1. A statistic used to gauge the similarity of two samples. It is equal to twice the number of elements common to both sets, divided by the sum of the number of elements in each set.

Synonyms of Sørensen-Dice coefficient

Forms of Sørensen-Dice coefficient

pluralSørensen-Dice coefficients

Origin of Sørensen-Dice coefficient

Developed independently by the botanists Thorvald Sørensen and Lee Raymond Dice in the 1940s.

Questions about Sørensen-Dice coefficient

What does Sørensen-Dice coefficient mean?
Sørensen-Dice coefficient means a statistic used to gauge the similarity of two samples. It is equal to twice the number of elements common to both sets, divided by the sum of the number of elements in each set.
What part of speech is Sørensen-Dice coefficient?
Sørensen-Dice coefficient is a noun.
What is the plural of Sørensen-Dice coefficient?
The plural of Sørensen-Dice coefficient is Sørensen-Dice coefficients.

Words near Sørensen-Dice coefficient in the dictionary

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  2. Søndre Land
  3. Sørensen index
  4. Sørensen indexes
  5. Sørensen indices
  6. Sørensen-Dice coefficient
  7. Sørensen-Dice coefficients
  8. Sørensen-Dice index
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  10. Súdwest-Fryslân
  11. Sûreté

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