Definitions

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  • verb statistics To use a statistical model that has too few parameters relative to the size of the sample

Etymologies

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under- +‎ fit

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Examples

  • These streams are underfit relative to the older channels and are incised into the land surface.

    Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (EPA) 2009

  • This produces slot canyons like the 30 m deep Grand Canyon which is only 3 m wide at the top, that become wide valleys in which small underfit rivers flow where the sandstone cap has collapsed.

    Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

  • These small streams are usually underfit relative to the older channels, higher than the adjacent Arkansas/Ouachita River Backswamps (73i), and have small watersheds.

    Ecoregions of Arkansas (EPA) 2008

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