spuriousness
- noun
- /ˈspjʊəriəsnəs/
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falsedad
- We used multilevel models with both ecological and individual-level control variables to lessen the likelihood of spuriousness in our estimates.
Examples
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Incidentally, the lack of a "grade" for student behavior on progress reports is a very serious flaw in the statistical "value added" models, since an important control variable is missing in the equation, which is known to result in the spuriousness of these models. However, this oversight is conveniently ignored.
Blog text (31) -
In trying to isolate the hypothesized effects, there are concerns related to spuriousness that arise.
Academic text (2006) -
The predominant link between mortality and fertility, then, appears to be rational response rather than spuriousness.
Academic text (1990) -
"Here we see, at the very beginning of the Hoover era, the spuriousness of the monetarist legend that the Federal Reserve was responsible for the great contraction of money from 1929 to 1933.
Blog text (15) -
The researcher pointed out the spuriousness of the results, noting they lacked genuine validity.
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Claims of his expertise were met with skepticism due to the spuriousness of his qualifications.
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Due to the spuriousness of the data, the conclusions drawn were misleading and not to be trusted.
Synonyms
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7.9
A statement or idea that is not true
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5.8
A way of speaking or acting that is not true
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The state of not being real or true
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The appearance of being true when it is false
A state of not being real or genuine
The state of being fake and trying to trick people
A quality of being fake and made to seem real
A quality of being made up and not real that people sometimes use to trick others
Antonyms
How False
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spuriousness comes from the Latin word spurius, which meant 'false' or 'not genuine'. So spuriousness names the quality of being fake or untrue, and we use it when something seems not real or not sincere.