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41Negative predictive value — In statistics and diagnostic testing, the negative predictive value (NPV) is a summary statistic used to describe the performance of a diagnostic testing procedure. It is defined as the proportion of subjects with a negative test result who are… …
42Anthropological theories of value — attempt to expand on the traditional theories of value used by economists or ethicists. They are often broader in scope than the theories of value of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, etc. usually including sociological,… …
43of value — 1 : having value : worth a lot of money The burglars stole everything of value in my apartment. We lost a few possessions, but nothing of (real) value. 2 : useful or important They didn t have anything of value to say. [=what they were saying… …
44at face value — 1 : for the price that is printed on something We bought the tickets at face value. 2 ◇ Something that is taken/accepted at face value is regarded as true or genuine without being questioned or doubted. After all his lying, nothing he says now… …
45Good for nothing — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …
46Extreme value — The largest and the smallest element of a set are called extreme values, absolute extrema, or extreme records.For a differentiable function f, if f(x 0) is an extreme value for the set of all values f(x), and if x 0 is in the interior of the… …
47Propaedeutic value of Esperanto — The propaedeutic value of Esperanto is the benefit that using Esperanto as an introduction to foreign language study has on the teaching of subsequent foreign languages. Several studies, such as that of Helmar Frank at the University of Paderborn …
48good-for-nothing — adjective Date: 1533 of no use or value • good for nothing noun …
49go for nothing — To have no value • • • Main Entry: ↑go …
50worth nothing — with a value of zero, has no value …
