imputation
noun
im·pu·ta·tion
ˌim-pyə-ˈtā-shən 
1
2
: something imputed
imputatively
adverb
Examples of imputation in a Sentence
I resent the imputation that I'm nice to Grandmother because she has money.
Recent Examples on the Web
Third, the imputation accuracy might be compromised in this region as was shown by our Finnish sample.
—
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
The concept of imputation is not yet fully appreciated by forensics experts who have a biological background.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
But a pardon still carries an imputation of guilt.
—Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
In these cases — 1.2 million people in 2010, but probably many more in pandemic-scarred 2020 — the bureau has long used a statistical method called imputation, looking at nearby households to make educated guesses about who lives in the places the census field operation missed.
—New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
They were concerned that a statistical technique called imputation used to fill in gaps in the numbers would affect state population figures and how they would be used for apportionment.
—Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
Together, the incomplete tagging or inaccurate imputation combined with the use of an inappropriate genetic model may explain why this association has remained undetected.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
Two of the regions that emerged are found in HLA class I and II, suggesting that the HLA imputation panel from the HapMap may not be directly applicable to every Chinese sample.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2011
Data-rich users could be granted a grade A-B-C kind of data-index score rather than the old basic imputation model of the physical world.
—Michel Kilzi, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
The concept of imputation is not yet fully appreciated by forensics experts who have a biological background.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
But a pardon still carries an imputation of guilt.
—Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
In these cases — 1.2 million people in 2010, but probably many more in pandemic-scarred 2020 — the bureau has long used a statistical method called imputation, looking at nearby households to make educated guesses about who lives in the places the census field operation missed.
—New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
They were concerned that a statistical technique called imputation used to fill in gaps in the numbers would affect state population figures and how they would be used for apportionment.
—Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
Together, the incomplete tagging or inaccurate imputation combined with the use of an inappropriate genetic model may explain why this association has remained undetected.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2010
Two of the regions that emerged are found in HLA class I and II, suggesting that the HLA imputation panel from the HapMap may not be directly applicable to every Chinese sample.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2011
Data-rich users could be granted a grade A-B-C kind of data-index score rather than the old basic imputation model of the physical world.
—Michel Kilzi, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
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First Known Use
1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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imputation
noun
im·pu·ta·tion
ˌim-pyə-ˈtā-shən
: the act or an instance of imputing
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