predictive power

collocation in English

meaningsofpredictiveandpower

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predictive
adjective
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.tɪv/
us
/prɪˈdɪk.tɪv/
relating to the ability ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/
us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofpredictiveandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This represents a substantial increase inpredictivepower.
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There is hardly anypredictivepowerin the crucial domains.
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Overall, the multivariate models we present have weakpredictivepower.
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In the case of personal explanation,predictivepoweris teleological.
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In general, thepredictivepowerof personality variables in this study appears low.
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Controlling for trade levels and public opinion only reduces thepredictivepowerby a small amount.
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In this world, rigor andpredictivepowerare the measures of effective practice.
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The more than 40 early child variables were consistently weak in terms ofpredictivepower.
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This will serve, furthermore, as a test of thepredictivepowerof the classification.
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Using these variables in the multivariate models does little to improve theirpredictivepower.
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The heterogeneity is more apparent than practical because many variables have similarpredictivepower.
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They showed that measures of asymmetry in price changes across sectors havepredictivepowerfor inflation.
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But in the life sciences thepredictivepowerof models is still largely questioned.
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This assumption requires careful consideration, as thepredictivepowerof these scores has been questioned.
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Is thepredictivepowerof parenting greater for high-negativity infants?
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Predictivepoweris simply not a virtue one would expect of such an account.
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One might also wonder about thepredictivepowerof my analysis.
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Thepredictivepowerof term-structure innovations is somewhat altered in international contexts.
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Itspredictivepoweris limited to contrasts between approximants, fricatives, and the stronger categories.
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This is important, as concrete behaviour is found to have morepredictivepowerthan attitudes.
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Ultimately, the proper test of a cognitive universal cannot be its universalpredictivepower.
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Still, comparatively littlepredictivepowerwas lost even when using only one-third of the data.
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Predictivepowerwas measured as the percentage of fish correctly assigned to their locality.
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