predictive
IPA: prɪdˈɪktɪv
noun
- (grammar) A conditional statement that includes a prediction in the dependent clause (e.g. "if it rains, the game will be cancelled", "give her an inch and she'll take a mile.").
- (statistics) Simulated data generated from a statistical model, based on the estimates for the real data.
adjective
- Useful in predicting.
- (computing) Describing a predictor.
- (medicine) Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test.
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Examples of "predictive" in Sentences
- That leads to another criterion that we call the predictive power of the theory.
- I still see no rational way for them to be used as long-term predictive tools for such a system though.
- I´ve decided that the “End Game” for my story will be to attempt an exercise in predictive search engine optimization.
- If out-of-sample predictive behavior is good, then we might have some confidence in longer term predictive power of proxies.
- High school senior Stephen Trusheim's software aims to find a "middle ground" of testing, which he calls predictive surveillance.
- There had better be a better explanation for your short-term predictive failure than "Sir August de Wynter" or "Ming the Merciless*."
- How does the market participants determine the point where profits can no longer be assured unless it first engages in predictive analysis targeted beyond thatpoint?
- This model may be beneficial in predictive examination of fossil finds, as well as new carnivores (as discovered) to project the expected maximum weight of the species.
- However they should not be oversold for what they are not – they are not a solid long term predictive tool for dynamical parameters of the climate system exactly like chartist methods are not a predictive tool for the evolution of a stock exchange .
- Thanks for your write-up, I think if the current research was presented this way (where uncertainties in predictive capability are honestly addressed) more often, rather than the treatment things get in the popular press, we would be much better off.
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