relative frequency

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meanings of relativeand frequency

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relative
adjective
uk /ˈrel.ə.tɪv/ us /ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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frequency
noun
uk /ˈfriː.kwən.si/ us /ˈfriː.kwən.si/
the number of times something happens within a particular period, or the fact of something happening often or a large number ...
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Examples of relative frequency

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Therefore, the results do not reveal anything about the absolute or relativefrequency of the themes that are checked off.
For each community, the relativefrequency of each category was computed, using the total number of child utterances for that community as the base figure.
The probabilities here can be derived from statistical data on the relativefrequency of prescriptions of drugs under given conditions.
Therefore, verb forms' relativefrequency counts may predict the likelihood of their selection by the affected subjects.
All members of the community share this grammar, and will therefore show the same relativefrequency relationship between variants.
What is different is that the relativefrequency of the variants is inverted for all but the low vowels.
The stimates from each trial are saved, and ultimately a relativefrequency distribution of these estimates is constructed for each parameter.
The relativefrequency of mutations in the causative genes is currently unknown.
The relativefrequency of consonant cluster reduction has also been linked to social variables such as social status, ethnicity, and style.
Only if the subtrees are restricted to depth 1 does the relativefrequency estimator coincide with the maximum likelihood estimator.
This further supports frequency competition, suggesting that any differences in conceptual appropriateness between pastmarked and unmarked forms were overridden by large relativefrequency advantages.
Base-rate neglect is neglect of the relativefrequency with which an event occurs.
The amount of overlap between the two constraints determines the relativefrequency of each variant.
Indeed, those in the sample doing so with relativefrequency were few and far between.
In the absence of a biasing context, the relativefrequency of the alternative meanings determines the order (or relative speed) of their activation.
This is intuitively appealing because relativefrequency is contingent upon variations in derived word frequency.
Several caveats should be noted, all of which stem from the fact that this study cannot fully evaluate relativefrequency independent of other mitigating factors.
Table 5 presents verb types occurring in finite and non-finite form and the relativefrequency of the finite form for each verb type.
Each contour represents a constant relativefrequency: the darker the contour, the higher the frequency; differences between contours represent approx. 0.10-0.15 differences in frequency.
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