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vincentization

vincentization noun: the technique of averaging three or more subjects' estimated or elicited quantile functions in order to define group quantiles from which F can be constructed.

Noun

vincentization (uncountable)

  1. The technique of averaging three or more subjects' estimated or elicited quantile functions in order to define group quantiles from which F can be constructed.

Origin of vincentization

From Vincent + -ization, after biologist S. B. Vincent (1912), who used a similar technique to construct learning curves.

Questions about vincentization

What does vincentization mean?
Vincentization means the technique of averaging three or more subjects' estimated or elicited quantile functions in order to define group quantiles from which F can be constructed.
What part of speech is vincentization?
Vincentization is a noun.

Words near vincentization in the dictionary

  1. Vincentian
  2. Vincentians
  3. Vincentis
  4. vincentisation
  5. vincentite
  6. vincentization
  7. vincentize
  8. vincentized
  9. vincentizes
  10. vincentizing
  11. Vincentown

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