observed distribution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobserveanddistribution
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observe
verb[T]
uk/əbˈzɜːv/us/əbˈzɝːv/
formal
to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more ...
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distribution
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
the process of giving things out to several people, or spreading or ...
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The point at which the inhibition process finishes can be calculated from theobserveddistributionof go signal reaction times.
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A non-significant effect (n. s.) means that the prediction fitted theobserveddistribution.
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Both the modular and the integrated hypotheses of phonetics\\ phonology interaction provide potential accounts for theobserveddistribution, but with subtly different predictions.
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The simulation of the non-normal phenotype was achieved using a simple correspondence table between a normal distribution and anobserveddistribution(normal score back-transformation).
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The plotted second-order approximations have a mean and variance that are equal to the values in the correspondingobserveddistribution.
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Theobserveddistributionpattern, therefore, seems to be caused by the worms' preferences and not by physical limitations.
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For grass savanna the predicted stable stage distribution was globally closer to theobserveddistribution.
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The bar graph is theobserveddistributionand the smooth curve is the best (leastsquares)normal curve.
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Theobserveddistributionis highly non-random.
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A source area of long by wide with a displacement of is consistent with theobserveddistributionand degree of flooding.
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Can theobserveddistributionof earthquakes be distinguished from random?
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The team concluded: the transport of subsurface hydrocarbons... is both plausible and consistent with theobserveddistributionof fish lesions, fish liver chemistry and other chemical and ecological evidence.
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The predicted stable stage distributions present the same trends (within savanna types, and during the two yearly transitions) in comparison to the observed distributions.
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A transformation based on quantiles is used to mimic observed distributions of bacteria counts.
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The adequacy of the proposed models for the description of actually observed distributions of words and phrases in text is confirmed experimentally.
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A considerable range of factors, acting either alone or in a combination, are responsible for observed distributions of parasite numbers within populations of hosts.
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This distribution provides a good empirical model of the observed distributions within the long-term experiments if we exclude all but the infected hosts.
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The inhomogeneous case attempts to correct this by creating a more complicated prior distribution of objects by taking into account structures seen in theobserveddistribution.
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Thus, the observed distributions depend heavily on the a-priori ranking of the importance of the different routes of transmission.
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