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dichotomous

[dih-kot-uh-muhs] / dɪˈkɒt ə məs /




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Our recommendations support the use of probabilities instead of dichotomous “p-values” and the inclusion of findings from related studies to evaluate safety and effectiveness—an invaluable advancement for rare-disease research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Stepping in for Mena, Dudamel, who assumes his Philharmonic post in 2026, led, in his only subscription concert appearances this season, a dichotomous program of dazzling crowd-pleasers and a thorny modernist work with utmost finesse.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

She calls on us to find an island between the dichotomous “sides” of this conflict.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

The authors suspect that "dichotomous thinking will be more prevalent in societies where people are stressed and poorly educated."

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2022

The colonies are usually richly branched upon the dichotomous plan and the entire colony is contractile.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins


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