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US
/ˈweɪtɪŋ/
]
[ UK /wˈeɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /wˈeɪtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
How To Use weighting In A Sentence
- What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
- But in the longer term there are supportive arguments for not aggressively underweighting the sector.
- This is a very significant advantage as discussions about different weightings are not held up while new calculations are made.
- Most of the weighting is for qualitative factors such as whether the quality and timeliness of supply could be assured, the effects on other parts of the firm, and so on.
- Frustrated Council workers went on strike this week in a protest over their London weighting allowance.
- This margin of error accounts for the effect of weighting. Christianity Today
- Matt, if you want higher inflation just pretend this is 1979 and you live in a time before the invention of the three key weapons we now use the combat the evil inflationary menace: substitution, weighting, and hedonics. Matthew Yglesias » (Part of) The Case for Higher Inflation
- The fund manager of an index fund sets up a mathematical model that buys and sells shares according to their weighting in the selected index.
- We performed principal components analysis on the untransformed data using the correlation matrix, thus weighting all variables equally.
- The tontine is a scheme for raising money on a long-term basis by weighting rewards in favour of the longest lasting contributors. Propeller Most Popular Stories