relative frequency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrelativeandfrequency
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relative
adjective
uk/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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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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(Definition ofrelativeandfrequencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therefore, the results do not reveal anything about the absolute orrelativefrequencyof the themes that are checked off.
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For each community, therelativefrequencyof each category was computed, using the total number of child utterances for that community as the base figure.
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The probabilities here can be derived from statistical data on therelativefrequencyof prescriptions of drugs under given conditions.
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Therefore, verb forms'relativefrequencycounts may predict the likelihood of their selection by the affected subjects.
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All members of the community share this grammar, and will therefore show the samerelativefrequencyrelationship between variants.
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What is different is that therelativefrequencyof the variants is inverted for all but the low vowels.
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The stimates from each trial are saved, and ultimately arelativefrequencydistribution of these estimates is constructed for each parameter.
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Therelativefrequencyof mutations in the causative genes is currently unknown.
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Therelativefrequencyof consonant cluster reduction has also been linked to social variables such as social status, ethnicity, and style.
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Only if the subtrees are restricted to depth 1 does therelativefrequencyestimator coincide with the maximum likelihood estimator.
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This further supports frequency competition, suggesting that any differences in conceptual appropriateness between pastmarked and unmarked forms were overridden by largerelativefrequencyadvantages.
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Base-rate neglect is neglect of therelativefrequencywith which an event occurs.
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The amount of overlap between the two constraints determines therelativefrequencyof each variant.
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Indeed, those in the sample doing so withrelativefrequencywere few and far between.
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In the absence of a biasing context, therelativefrequencyof the alternative meanings determines the order (or relative speed) of their activation.
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This is intuitively appealing becauserelativefrequencyis contingent upon variations in derived word frequency.
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Several caveats should be noted, all of which stem from the fact that this study cannot fully evaluaterelativefrequencyindependent of other mitigating factors.
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Table 5 presents verb types occurring in finite and non-finite form and therelativefrequencyof the finite form for each verb type.
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Each contour represents a constantrelativefrequency: the darker the contour, the higher the frequency; differences between contours represent approx. 0.10-0.15 differences in frequency.
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