pseudoreplication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The exaggeration of the statistical significance of a set of measurements resulting from treating the data as independent observations when they are in fact interdependent.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pseudoreplication pseudoreplications

Etymology

From pseudo- + replication.

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