LekhoriLekhoriUseful in predicting.
The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.
Describing a predictor.
Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test.
A conditional statement that includes a prediction in the dependent clause (e.g. "if it rains, the game will be cancelled", "give her an inch and she'll take a mile.").
Also, as we have seen in the preceding chapter, predictive conditionals show a high degree of integration thanks to the patterns of verb forms which are characteristic for predictives and which normally do not mix freely with other, non-predictive forms.
Simulated data generated from a statistical model, based on the estimates for the real data.
Borrowed from Latin praedictivus, from praedico. Equivalent to predict + -ive.
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However, the posterior predictives combine two sources of information: what we might term the structural effect of WIC participation as well as an unobserved correlation between the errors of the participation and outcome equations.