imputation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
  2. That which has been imputed or charged.
  3. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
  4. A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
  5. Opinion; intimation; hint.
  6. The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
  7. The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
  8. A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-imputation.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imputation.wav

Word forms

imputation imputations

Etymology

From Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio.

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