misclassification
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- noun
- /ˌmɪsˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
mala clasificación
- Cross-checking the BIA-generated censuses against the 1900 census corrected for most age misreporting and misclassification.
- exposure misclassification
- misclassification bias
- nondifferential misclassification
The sick quitter effect is one such misclassification.
- The sick quitter effect is one such misclassification.
- Now we are getting to another very interesting application of those explanations and this one is to uncover misclassifications.
Examples
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Use of a smaller spatial unit (e.g., ZIP code) could lessen exposure misclassification.
Academic text (2014) -
We could also have missed a few incident infections that became chronic, leading to misclassification of some people as HBsAg negative.
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Study limitations include a mostly older male cohort and potential for misclassification bias due to the use.
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Another limitation is exposure misclassification caused by modeling procedures.
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To avoid misclassification, deaths from septicemia from 1994 forward were removed from the infectious disease category.
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Because information on exogenous hormone use was collected from the women themselves, misclassification is possible.
Academic text (1999) -
The modifications likely increased the accuracy of standard drink computation and reduced non-systematic misclassification of exposure.
Academic text (2016) -
Furthermore, we did not specify ILI symptoms in our survey, resulting in the potential for misclassification in self-reported ILI.
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Nondifferential exposure misclassification might attenuate effect estimates leading to underestimated associations between prenatal phthalate and behavior problems.
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The researcher noted that misclassification of data could lead to incorrect conclusions in the study.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
misclassification = classification (transparent) = mis + class + ify + ation
The prefix 'mis-' clearly indicates an incorrect action applied to 'classification'.
Etymology
Misclassification is made of mis- 'wrong' and classification from class and classify 'to put into groups'. So it means placing something in the wrong group, which can change research results or cause confusion in science and statistics.