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extrapolation

[ik-strap-uh-ley-shuhn] / ɪkˌstræp əˈleɪ ʃən /


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If we take into account the very strong tendency towards female mobility, a paradox appears, one that places the extrapolation proposed by the Science article under deep tension.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

AI might take some of the data collection and extrapolation work of economics away from economists.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

In 2016, he co-authored an analysis published in The BMJ asserting that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States—a claim critics have dismissed as a wild extrapolation.

From Science Magazine Nov. 25, 2024

Smothermon has argued that Glossip’s defenders made an incorrect extrapolation.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2024

Rudolph Zam- bardino, a statistician at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, in England, has pointed out that the lack of direct data forces researchers into salvos of extrapolation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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