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weighting
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weight
v.
load with additional weight, add weight to; oppress, burden; regard, esteem; ascribe statistical weight to
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Weighting
The process of weighting involves emphasizing the contribution of some aspects of a phenomenon (or of a set of data) to a final effect or result, giving them more weight in the analysis. That is, rather than each variable in the data contributing equally to the final result, some data are adjusted to contribute more than others. It is analogous to the practice of adding extra weight to one side of a pair of scales to favour a buyer or seller.
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weighting
Noun
1. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
(synonym) weight
(hypernym) coefficient
(classification) statistics
weight
Noun
1. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
(hypernym) physical property
(hyponym) body weight
(attribute) heavy
2. sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
(synonym) free weight, exercising weight
(hypernym) sports equipment, sporting goods
(hyponym) barbell
3. the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"
(hypernym) importance
4. an artifact that is heavy
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) bob
(derivation) burden, burthen, weight down
5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
(hypernym) oppression, oppressiveness
6. a system of units used to express the weight of something
(synonym) system of weights
(hypernym) system of measurement, metric
(hyponym) avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight
7. a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
(synonym) weight unit
(hypernym) unit of measurement, unit
(hyponym) troy unit
8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
(synonym) weighting
(hypernym) coefficient
(derivation) slant, angle
(classification) statistics
Verb
1. weight down with a load
(synonym) burden, burthen, weight down
(hypernym) charge
(hyponym) overburden
2. present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
(synonym) slant, angle
(hypernym) bias, predetermine
(derivation) weighting
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weight
v.
zatížit; nastavit
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weight
Czas.
obciążać; faworyzować
