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- noun
Absence . - noun
Missing data - noun statistics The manner in which data are missing from a sample of a population
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Examples
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It was probably just the knock to her head causing the weird missingness that underlay her joy.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Pangs of missingness of R and England generally - yes, but more down to the people than anything else.
Just a quick one, on the grounds of look! I'm logged in after all this time! jinty 2008
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The next problem is figuring out how to get a good discussion of the missingness of the parts.
Archive 2007-11-01 Bardiac 2007
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It was probably just the knock to her head causing the weird missingness that underlay her joy.
PRETTIES SCOTT WESTERFELD 2005
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These departures include small sample size (exacerbated by a high rate of missingness) and diversity across tasks of data form and distribution (non-normal continuous measurements, counts, binary outcomes).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Konika Banerjee et al. 2009
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However, it does not preserve any relation between missingness and treatment assignment.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mai A. Elobeid et al. 2009
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I think the hole in my being and the missingness at my core needs warmth from you, Mom -- occasional kindness from pathetic, rational, lecturing, clueless Dad is not the same -- which I either think you can't get to because all of us -- including Dad -- fight you or because you no longer have any warmth, either because you didn't get it from grandma or because it got worn out by all of us.
Mark Goulston, M.D.: What Your Teenager Wants You To Know But Won't Tell You M.D. Mark Goulston 2011
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I think the hole in my being and the missingness at my core needs warmth from you, Mom -- occasional kindness from pathetic, rational, lecturing, clueless Dad is not the same -- which I either think you can't get to because all of us -- including Dad -- fight you or because you no longer have any warmth, either because you didn't get it from grandma or because it got worn out by all of us.
Mark Goulston, M.D.: What Your Teenager Wants You To Know But Won't Tell You M.D. Mark Goulston 2011
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