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31Tiling array — Tiling Arrays are a subtype of microarray chips. They function on a similar principle to traditional microarrays in that labeled target molecules are hybridized to unlabeled probes fixed on to a solid surface. Tiling arrays differ in the nature… …
32Computerized adaptive testing — (CAT) is a form of computer based test that adapts to the examinee s ability level. For this reason, it has also been called tailored testing. Contents 1 How CAT works 2 Advantages 3 Disadvantages …
33Epidemiology — For the Community episode, see Epidemiology (Community). Epidemiology is the study of health event, health characteristic, or health determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform… …
34Meta-analysis — In statistics, a meta analysis combines the results of several studies that address a set of related research hypotheses. In its simplest form, this is normally by identification of a common measure of effect size, for which a weighted average… …
35Gold standard (test) — For other uses, see Gold standard (disambiguation). In medicine and statistics, gold standard test refers to a diagnostic test or benchmark that is the best available under reasonable conditions. It does not have to be necessarily the best… …
36Cochran's C test — In statistics, Cochran s C test [1], named after William G. Cochran, is a one sided upper limit variance outlier test. The C test is used to decide if a single estimate of a variance (or a standard deviation) is significantly larger than a group… …
37Survey methodology — Sociology …
38The Dark Energy Survey — DES logo The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a survey that aims to probe the dynamics of the expansion of the universe and the growth of large scale structure. The collaboration is composed of research institutes and universities from United… …
39Rounding — This article is about numerical rounding. For lip rounding in phonetics, see Labialisation. For other uses, see Rounding (disambiguation). Rounding a numerical value means replacing it by another value that is approximately equal but has a… …
40Stein's example — Stein s example, sometimes referred to as Stein s phenomenon or Stein s paradox, is a surprising effect observed in decision theory and estimation theory. Simply stated, the example demonstrates that when three or more parameters are estimated… …
