elicitation

noun — 2 senses

elicitation

noun

Etymology From elicit + -ation.

1

The act of eliciting.

  • The exact interpretation of these hyperparameters becomes clearer once you have seen their role in the posterior and, hence, we defer a deeper discussion of prior elicitation until the next section.2003, Gary Koop, Bayesian Econometrics (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.), p. 19
2

Something that is elicited.

Derived terms
photoelicitation

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