predictive

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Useful in predicting.

   “The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.”

2. sıfat Describing a predictor.
3. sıfat Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test.
4. isim A conditional statement that includes a prediction in the dependent clause (e.g. "if it rains, the game will be cancelled", "give her an inch and she'll take a mile.").

   “Also, as we have seen in the preceding chapter, predictive conditionals show a high degree of integration thanks to the patterns of verb forms which are characteristic for predictives and which normally do not mix freely with other, non-predictive forms.”

5. isim Simulated data generated from a statistical model, based on the estimates for the real data.

   “However, the posterior predictives combine two sources of information: what we might term the structural effect of WIC participation as well as an unobserved correlation between the errors of the participation and outcome equations.”