Definitions
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- adjective Of or relating to a
list or lists. - adverb In manner as a list; by list.
Etymologies
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From list + -wise.
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Examples
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Certainly replacing missing values with the mean of the available values is a pretty standard approach and is an option in a number of statistical packages where listwise elimination of cases with missing values can dramatically shrink your sample.
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