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ICC

ICC

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A former U.S. government agency that regulated trains and other interstate transport
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : Comisión de Comercio Interestatal
  • A standardized behavioral code (ICC) was used to help assess Tier 1 classroom environmental variables.

Examples

  • To examine interrater reliability, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated using 30% of the data.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The ICC cannot therefore be directly calculated, though a pseudo-ICC may be possible.

    Academic text (2018)
  • So let's talk about the ICC first.

  • In general, the lowest ICC scores were found for dimensions A and C.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The ICC regulations prohibit the sale--

  • For men, ICCs reached 8% for heart problems and cancer and 16% for stroke.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to examine interrater reliability.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to test the intra- and interrater reliabilities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Interrater reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC; two-way, mixed model, single measure).

    Academic text (2011)
  • The ICC was responsible for regulating the railway industry in the United States until it was dissolved in 1995.

Synonyms

A former federal agency in the United States that set prices and rules for trains and other transport between states

is the abbreviated form used to name that same former agency

Surface Forms

ICC singular
ICCs plural

Etymology

ICC is a short form made from the first letters of Interstate Commerce Commission; Interstate means 'between states', Commerce means 'trade', and Commission is a 'group given a job'. So the ICC was the U.S. agency that regulated transport and trade across state lines.