observed frequency

collocation in English

meaningsofobserveandfrequency

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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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frequency
noun
uk
/ˈfriː.kwən.si/
us
/ˈfriː.kwən.si/
the number of times something happens within a particular period, or the fact of something happening often or a large number ...
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The coefficient of coincidence (c) was computed as the ratio of theobservedfrequencyof double crossovers (z) to the expected frequency of double crossovers.
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Consequently, rules for high-frequency irregulars achieve a higher probability than those for low-frequency irregulars, which explains theobservedfrequencyeffects.
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I assessed significance of theobservedfrequencyof cooccurrences in each observation both with and without correction for multiple comparisons.
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Theobservedfrequencyof reduction in unstressed syllables (43.1%) is more than twice that in stressed syllables (16.4%).
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Both cut-off frequencies are considerably higher than anyobservedfrequencyin the experiment.
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Theobservedfrequencyof these can then be adjusted by dividing by this fraction.
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That is to say, theobservedfrequencydependence of far-infrared flux density distribution in accretion disks implies a unique temperature distribution.
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Theobservedfrequencyis expected t o correspond to that with maximum rate of amplification.
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Transition matrices are built for each family size and composition containing theobservedfrequency of transitions between family statuses over a 28-day interval.
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For each configuration theobservedfrequencyis compared to the corresponding expected frequency under some null hypothesis of no relationships in data.
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At month 9, theobservedfrequencyis 2, and the estimates based on sparser samples range from 0 to 10 and 22, respectively.
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Anobservedfrequencywhich is significantly smaller than the expected one is called an antitype.
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At month 7, theobservedfrequencyis 28, and the estimates based on sparser samples range from 0 to 83 and 98, respectively.
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After 10 000 iterations, a probability distribution for cooccurrence was constructed andobservedfrequency of co-occurrences was compared with this distribution.
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Theobservedfrequencydistribution of infracommunity species richness did not differ from that predicted by a null model, suggesting that there were no marked associations between the species.
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This possibility was rejected, however, since theobservedfrequencyof highly parasitized birds did not increase in proportion to a decrease in the frequency of non-infected birds.
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For the experiments mentioned above, an appropriate statistical method should be developed to ensure that theobservedfrequencychanges are due to selection rather than random genetic drift.
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Table 4 shows thatobservedfrequencyof dead parasites exceeds the expected frequency by one-half to more than two orders of magnitude.
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The log-likelihood function is again obtained as the sum over all offspring genotypes of theobservedfrequencymultiplied by the natural logarithm of the probability of that genotype.
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