mismeasurement

Examples

• All

• Mismeasurement is still a big problem, he concluded, and it needs to be addressed.

  Academic text (2016)

• As a result of both factors, the mismeasurement of productivity appears less important now than in the past.

  Academic text (2016)

• All this is not to say that mismeasurement is bigger than what was found in the present paper.

  Academic text (2016)

• We find no evidence that growing mismeasurement related to IT or other factors can fill this gap.

  Academic text (2016)

• As discussed above, this mismeasurement was large in the past, and domestic production was more important.

  Academic text (2016)

• The remaining sections of this paper explore rising mismeasurement as an alternative explanation.

  Academic text (2016)

• However, the effects of mismeasurement on productivity have been less, rather than more, important since 2004.

  Academic text (2016)

• First, the mismeasurement of information technology hardware is significant preceding the slowdown.

  Academic text (2016)

• We now assess the quantitative importance of the mismeasurement of durable goods.

  Academic text (2016)

• Although we find considerable evidence of mismeasurement, we find no evidence that the biases have gotten worse since the early 2000s.

  Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

M

mistake

vsmismeasurement

∞ 1.0

A wrong action or decision

is the wrong numeric outcome when assessing amounts, not any general fault

E

error

vsmismeasurement

608 1.0

A wrong belief, calculation, or action

is the wrong numeric outcome specific to finding amounts rather than any fault

M

miscalculation

vsmismeasurement

28 4.2

A wrong estimate of numbers or plans that causes problems

is the wrong outcome from finding amounts rather than general calculation faults

I

inaccuracy

vsmismeasurement

24 4.9

A mistake in information or measurement

is the wrong numeric outcome from finding amounts rather than general incorrectness

I

imprecision

vsmismeasurement

3 6.5

A thing that is not exact or clear, for example a measurement

is the wrong numeric outcome that changes the actual value rather than vagueness

M

misestimation

vsmismeasurement

1 8.0

A wrong guess about how much or how likely something is

is the wrong result when finding an amount or quantity

M

misreckoning

vsmismeasurement

1 9.5

An error in calculating numbers or amounts

is the wrong outcome when finding amounts or totals

How Accurate

measurement

187 1.9

mismeasurement

1 7.4

estimate

405 2.6

guess

601 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology