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11Standard penetration test — The standard penetration test (SPT) is an in situ dynamic penetration test designed to provide information on the geotechnical engineering properties of soil. The test procedure is described in the British Standard BS 1377 9:1990 and ASTM D1586.… …
12Welch's t test — In statistics, Welch s t test is an adaptation of Student s t test intended for use with two samples having possibly unequal variances. As such, it is an approximate solution to the Behrens–Fisher problem.FormulasWelch s t test defines the… …
13Oedometer test — Incremental Loading frame developed by Bishop An oedometer test is a kind of geotechnical investigation performed in geotechnical engineering that measures a soil s consolidation properties. Oedometer tests are performed by applying different… …
14placement test — noun : a test usually given to a student entering an educational institution to determine his knowledge or proficiency in various subjects so that he may be assigned to appropriate courses or classes * * * Educ. a test to determine a student s… …
15Phosphate test — This is applicable to laboratory analysis particularly in the determination of water pollution. Such an analytical test may be either qualitative or quantitative. A Quantitative method to determine the amount of phosphate present in samples such… …
16placement test — Educ. a test to determine a student s level of ability in one or more subjects in order to place the student with others of the same approximate ability. [1925 30] * * * …
17Belief propagation — is a message passing algorithm for performing inference on graphical models, such as Bayesian networks and Markov random fields. It calculates the marginal distribution for each unobserved node, conditional on any observed nodes. Belief… …
18evaluate — v 1. appraise, Obs. apprise, assess, assay, valuate; price, set a price on, fix the price of. 2. gauge, rate, rank, weigh, balance, approximate; test, test drive, measure, Archaic. mete, judge, size, Inf. size up, survey; ascertain, determine,… …
19Partial autocorrelation function — In time series analysis, the partial autocorrelation function (PACF) or PARtial autoCORrelation (PARCOR) plays an important role in data analyses aimed at identifying the extent of the lag in an autoregressive model. The use of this function was… …
20Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
