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unusualness

unusualness

7.4
A number showing how much a data point differs from other points in the set
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈjuːʒuəl.nəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : anomalía
  • The team measured the unusualness of each observation to identify potential anomalies in the experimental results.

Examples

  • The data analysis revealed the unusualness of the outlier, showing it was far from the average behavior of the dataset.

  • Researchers noted the unusualness of the findings as they significantly deviated from established patterns in previous studies.

  • If the Court were to confine its attention under the Eighth Amendment to invidiously discriminatory punishments, and perhaps to new or newly revived vicious methods, then the Court would not need inter-jurisdictional comparison to establish the unusualness of those punishments.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

anomalousness
vsunusualness
  • Specialized
9.1

A number that shows how much a data point differs from what is normal

is a quantitative metric indicating how atypical a point is within a dataset
deviancy
vsunusualness
  • Specialized
8.4

How much something differs from a standard or what was expected

focuses on dataset scoring for outlier detection rather than general degree of difference

Antonyms

normality
13 3.5

A time when things are usual and happen as expected

typicality
1 6.1

How much something is like a usual example in a group

How Atypical

anomaly
165 7.1
unusualness
  • Specialized
7.4
deviation
  • Specialized
12 6.4
normality
13 3.5

Surface Forms

unusualness singular
unusualnesses plural

Morphology

unusualness = unusual (transparent) = un + usual + ness

Forming the noun with '-ness' from the adjective 'unusual' yields the straightforward meaning 'state or degree of being not usual', which applies in general and in statistical contexts.

Etymology

Unusualness keeps the same parts: un- 'not', usual 'normal', and -ness that makes a noun. In data work it becomes a 'score' or number that shows how much a value is 'not normal', so a high unusualness points to a value far from the rest that may need checking.