statistical uncertainty

collocation in English

meaningsofstatisticalanduncertainty

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statistical
adjective
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/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/us
/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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uncertainty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ʌnˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ʌnˈsɝː.tən.ti/
a situation in which something is not known, or something that is not known ...
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(Definition ofstatisticalanduncertaintyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thestatisticaluncertaintyin dose measurement for each treatment category was calculated in order to assist determination of appropriate tolerance levels.
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Somestatisticaluncertaintyin the results is unavoidable.
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This article incorporatesstatisticaluncertaintyinto a rationalist framework for civil conflict in order to gain new traction on the determinants of political stability.
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Thestatisticaluncertaintyin the simulations is shown in the plots.
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It is important to recognize that there is a range around the threshold representingstatisticaluncertainty.
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Evaluating thestatisticaluncertaintyin the nonparametric estimation procedure.
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Problem formulating, modelling,statisticaluncertaintyand decision-theoretic uncertainty all interact.
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The results inevitably have a high degree ofstatisticaluncertaintyfor the smaller benefits, and it would not be meaningful to break them down into individual categories of expenditure.
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The easiest way to decreasestatisticaluncertaintyis by obtaining more data, whether by increased sample size or by repeated tests.
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The optical fractionator, and other sampling methods, has somestatisticaluncertainty.
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Measurement error andstatisticaluncertaintyare also present in all measurements.
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These cloud systems are generally too small to be rationalized in large scale climate modeling, this results in inadequate development of equations resulting in greaterstatisticaluncertaintyin results.
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They also noted, however, that statistical uncertainties in the data do allow for considerable loss or gain, and that further work is required.
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The differences between high and low load repeatability for the same location are not significant according to natural statistical uncertainties.
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This discussion is limited to the error sensitivity analysis for the case of statistical uncertainties.
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