expectedness
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5.6
- noun
- /ɪkˈspɛktɪdnəs/
- Researchers often measure the expectedness of a model's predictions to ensure accuracy.
Examples
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Transparency is a similar notion to expectedness; this is a measure of how explainable the recommendation is.
Academic text (2011) -
The expectedness of her reaction to the news made it clear that she had already anticipated it.
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Expectedness tells us how expected a given result is to a user.
Academic text (2011) -
(Of course, expectedness, just like other metrics, may vary from user to user.)
Academic text (2011) -
The axes are (a) expectedness (b) goodness.
Academic text (2011) -
However, in both cases, the male-male hug rated by men who were led to believe the hug was sexual received the lowest scores for expectedness and normalcy, whereas the female-female hugs rated by women in either the nonsexual attribution condition or the control condition were seen as the most normal and expected.
Academic text (2000) -
In storytelling, a plot twist's impact often relies on the expectedness of the preceding events.
Synonyms
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4.1
The usual state when life returns to the expected routine
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3.5
A time when things are usual and happen as expected
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4.1
A state of being usual and not special
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2.3
How often something is found or shared by many people
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2.9
The state of being ordinary and like a normal routine
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9.3
A calm feeling because you already knew something would happen
Antonyms
How Expected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Expectedness comes from the verb expect, which means 'to look for' or 'to wait for', plus the noun ending -ness. So, expectedness is the quality of being what you thought would happen, or simply 'not surprising'.