Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The property of being discriminable; the character of that which may be discriminated.
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- noun The condition of being
discriminable
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Examples
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(For detailed discussion of the notion of discriminability, see Williamson 1990).
Petty Injuries 2009
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But these results were clear: "There were no significant group differences in percentage correct, commission errors, discriminability, or reaction time."
Omega-3 lesson: Not so much brain boost as fishy research 2010
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Moreover, the supposition that the neural causes of both evaluation and feeling qualities should have behavioral effects is independently plausible: on grounds of natural selection, there should be both a preference system for quick action and a system that fosters discriminability, for use in longer term planning; and these must, in general, work together in a successful organism.
Epiphenomenalism Robinson, William 2007
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The questions that were too difficult I made easier, the questions with poor discriminability I repaired, and I added some new questions based on submissions that the students made.
Archive 2006-02-01 Angry Professor 2006
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The questions that were too difficult I made easier, the questions with poor discriminability I repaired, and I added some new questions based on submissions that the students made.
Exam blues. Angry Professor 2006
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With age or training, discriminability becomes more precise, and the the critical ratio is reduced a bit.
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Thomson MGA, Foster DH (1997) Role of second-and third-order statistics in the discriminability of natural images.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Satohiro Tajima et al. 2010
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• Temporal and color signatures are less robust, but can be used along with spatial signatures to enhance discriminability.
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• Temporal and color signatures are less robust, but can be used along with spatial signatures to enhance discriminability.
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A 1993 Canadian chiropractic consensus conference concluded that paraspinal measurement with thermocouple devices "has not been shown to have good discriminability, and both their validity and reliability of measurement are highly doubtful."
jdc325's Weblog 2009
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