#information knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
supertype: thing_that_can_be_seen_as_a_relation (pm) usable as relation type
subtype: datum__data_point an item of factual information derived from measurement or research
subtype: meter_reading.datum__meterreading__reading the data presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"
subtype: clock_time__clocktime__time the time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock"
subtype: spacecraft_clock_time__SCLK the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft
subtype: prime_time__primetime the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available
subtype: time_of_day__hour clock time; "the hour is getting late"
subtype: twelve_noon__noon__high_noon__midday__noonday__noontide the middle of the day
subtype: mealtime the time for eating a meal
subtype: breakfast_time__breakfasttime the time for eating breakfast
subtype: lunchtime__lunch_period__lunchperiod the time for eating lunch; "he observed a regular lunchtime"
subtype: dinnertime__suppertime the time for the evening meal
subtype: late-night_hour the latter part of night
subtype: midnight 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
subtype: small_hours the hours just after midnight
subtype: bedtime the time you go to bed
subtype: lights-out a prescribed bedtime
subtype: closing_time__closingtime the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public
subtype: dawn__dawning__morning__first_light__firstlight__daybreak__break_of_day__break_of_the_day__dayspring__sunrise__cockcrow the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
subtype: early-morning_hour__earlymorninghour an hour early in the morning
subtype: sundown__sunset the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
subtype: gloaming__twilight__dusk__nightfall__evenfall__fall the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
subtype: night.gloaming a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
subtype: happy_hour__happyhour the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
subtype: rush_hour the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work
subtype: zero_hour the time set for the start of an action or operation
subtype: canonical_hour__canonicalhour (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
subtype: matins__morning_prayer__morningprayer the first canonical hour; at daybreak
subtype: prime the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
subtype: terce__tierce the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
subtype: sext the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
subtype: nones__none the fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m.
subtype: vespers__evensong the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
subtype: compline__complin last of the seven canonical hours
subtype: mph__milesperhour a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel
subtype: statistic a datum that can be represented numerically
subtype: average__norm a statistic describing the location of a distribution: "it set the norm for American homes"
subtype: age_norm__agenorm the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear
subtype: modal_value__mode the most frequent value of a random variable
subtype: median_value__median the value below which 50% of the cases fall
subtype: mean_value__mean an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
subtype: arithmetic_mean__first_moment__firstmoment__expectation__expected_value the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values
subtype: geometric_mean__geometricmean the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product
subtype: harmonic_mean the mean of n numbers expressed as the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the numbers
subtype: demographic a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.)
subtype: deviation the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
subtype: outlier an extreme deviation from the mean
subtype: mean_deviation_from_the_mean__mean_deviation the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution
subtype: moment.statistic the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
subtype: second_moment the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin
subtype: variance the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
subtype: standard_deviation the square root of the variance
subtype: covariance statistical measure of the variance of two random variables measured in the same mean time period
subtype: nonparametric_statistic__nonparametricstatistic__distribution_free_statistic a statistic computed without knowledge of the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn
subtype: rank-order_correlation_coefficient__rank-order_correlation__rank-difference_correlation_coefficient__rank-difference_correlation the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
subtype: Kendall_test any of several nonparametric measures of correlation (used when the assumptions of standard correlational analysis are not met)
subtype: Kendall_partial_rank_correlation a nonparametric measure of partial correlation
subtype: coefficient_of_concordance a coefficient of agreement (concordance) between different sets of rank orderings of the same set of things
subtype: tau_coefficient_of_correlation__Kendall's_tau__Kendall_rank_correlation a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings
subtype: phi_coefficient__phicoefficient__phi_correlation__phicorrelation__fourfold_point_correlation an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female)
subtype: parametric_statistic any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution
subtype: regression_coefficient when the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line
subtype: correlation_coefficient__correlationcoefficient__coefficient_of_correlation__correlation a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation); "what is the correlation between those two variables?"
subtype: Pearson_product-moment_correlation_coefficient__product-moment_correlation_coefficient the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related
subtype: multiple_correlation_coefficient an estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable
subtype: biserial_correlation_coefficient__biserial_correlation a correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomous
subtype: split-half_correlation__chance-half_correlation a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test
subtype: tetrachoric_correlation_coefficient__tetrachoriccorrelationcoefficient__tetrachoric_correlation__tetrachoriccorrelation a correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy
subtype: time_series a series of values of a variable at successive times
subtype: vital_statistics data relating to births and deaths and health and diseases and marriages
subtype: correlational_statistics__correlation a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other
subtype: curvilinear_correlation__curvilinearcorrelation__nonlinear_correlation__skew_correlation any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant
subtype: partial_correlation__partialcorrelation a correlation between two variables when the effects of one or more related variables are removed
subtype: first-order_correlation__firstordercorrelation a partial correlation in which the effects of only one variable are removed (held constant)
subtype: positive_correlation__direct_correlation a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1
subtype: negative_correlation__indirect_correlation a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and -1
subtype: spurious_correlation a correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variables
subtype: conversance__acquaintance__familiarity__conversancy personal knowledge or information about someone or something
subtype: fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
subtype: case.fact the actual state of things; "that was not the case"
subtype: detail__item__point an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
subtype: minutia a small or minor detail; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code"
subtype: nook_and_cranny__nooks_and_crannies something remote; "he explored every nook and cranny of science"
subtype: respect__regard (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect"
subtype: sticking_point a point at which an impasse arises in progress towrd and agreement or a goal
subtype: technicality__trifle__triviality a detail that is considered insignificant
subtype: particular__specific a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general"
subtype: general a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"
subtype: matter_of_fact a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact
subtype: observation.fact facts learned by observing; "he reported his observations to the mayor"
subtype: scientific_fact an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final)
subtype: reason.fact a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"
subtype: indication.reason (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
subtype: contraindication (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
subtype: score.fact the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"
subtype: truth a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
subtype: home_truth an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)
subtype: verity an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
subtype: instance__example__illustration__representative a single item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10"
subtype: excuse__apology a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
subtype: exception.instance an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"; "an exception tests the rule"
subtype: case_in_point__precedent an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
subtype: quintessence the most typical example or representative of a type
subtype: sample a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
subtype: coupon a test sample of some substance
subtype: grab_sample__random_sample a sample grabbed at random
subtype: tasting a small amount (especially of food or wine)
subtype: specimen an example regarded as typical of its class
subtype: circumstance.information__condition__consideration information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
subtype: justification.circumstance something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary: "he considered misrule a justification for revolution"
subtype: mitigating_circumstance (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense
subtype: background_knowledge__background information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
subtype: predictor.information information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
subtype: tip-off__tipoff inside information that something is going to happen
subtype: stimulus__stimulation__stimulant__input any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
subtype: elicitation__evocation__induction stimulation that calls up (evokes or induces or elicits) a particular class of behaviors
subtype: kick.stimulus the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick"
subtype: turn-on (informal) something causing excitement or stimulating interest
subtype: negative_stimulation__turnoff (informal) something causing antagonism or loss of interest
subtype: conditioned_stimulus the stimulus the is the occasion for a conditioned response
subtype: reinforcing_stimulus__reinforcer__reinforcement (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
subtype: positive_reinforcing_stimulus__positive_reinforcer a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it
subtype: negative_reinforcing_stimulus__negative_reinforcer a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
subtype: discriminative_stimulus__cue a stimulus that provides information about what to do
subtype: positive_stimulus a stimulus with desirable consequences
subtype: fillip__bonus__bonu anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip"
subtype: joy__delight__pleasure something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight"
subtype: negative_stimulus a stimulus with undesirable consequences
subtype: bother__annoyance__nuisance__botheration__pain__pain_in_the_neck__pain_in_the_ass something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "a bit of a bother"
subtype: irritant__thorn something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh"
subtype: plague.bother (informal) an annoyance; "those ants are a damn plague"
subtype: aversive_stimulus any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it
subtype: headache__concern__worry__vexation something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
subtype: bugaboo a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them"
subtype: onus__burden__load__encumbrance an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
subtype: dead_weight.onus__deadweight an oppressive encumbrance
subtype: fardel (archaic) a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
subtype: imposition.onus an uncalled-for burden; "he listened but resented the imposition"
subtype: business.headache a rightful concern or responsibility; used in such phrases as "it's none of your business" or "mind your own business"
subtype: grief__sorrow something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"
subtype: sign.evidence (medical) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphixiation"
subtype: vital_sign__vitalsign sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition; "he was still alive but his vital signs were weak"
subtype: body_temperature__blood_heat__bloodheat temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
subtype: basal_body_temperature body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything
subtype: blood_pressure__bloodpressure the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health; "adult blood pressure is considered normal at 120/80 where the first number is the systolic pressure and the second is the diastolic pressure"
subtype: systolic_pressure the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) during the contraction of the left ventricle of the heart
subtype: diastolic_pressure__diastolicpressure the blood pressure (as measured by a sphygmomanometer) after the contraction of the heart while the chambers of the heart refill with blood
subtype: arterial_pressure the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries; "arterial pressure is the product of cardiac output and vascular resistance"
subtype: venous_pressure the pressure exerted on the walls of the veins by the circulating blood
subtype: pulse_rate__pulserate__pulse__heart_rate__heartrate the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
subtype: femoral_pulse__femoralpulse pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin)
subtype: radial_pulse pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist)
subtype: respiratory_rate__respiratoryrate__rateofrespiration the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
subtype: bubo a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
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