Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pseudoreplication

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pseu-dorepli-ca-tion
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English replication English pseudoreplication From pseudo- + replication.

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What does pseudoreplication mean?
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.
Where does pseudoreplication come from?
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English replication English pseudoreplication From pseudo- + replication.

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