ignorable

adj, noun — 4 senses

ignorable

adj

Etymology From ignore + -able.

1

Able to be ignored.

  • Users on this Internet chat system are ignorable by right-clicking the user name.
2

Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored.

3

Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics Of missing data Unrelated to the parameters being estimated

  • Although there is an abundance of statistical literature describing (complicated) methods that can be used to investigate whether or not one is dealing with ignorable or informative missing data in a longitudinal study (see, for instance, Diggle, 1989; Ridout, 1991; Diggle et al., 1994), it is basically quote easy to investigat this matter.2003, Jos W. R. Twisk, Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis for Epidemiology, →ISBN:
  • Another pertinent distinction in Rubin's missing data classification system is whether the missing data mechanism is ignorable.2007, Patrick E. McKnight, Katherine M. McKnight, Souraya Sidani, Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction, →ISBN, page 50:
1 more example
  • If θ and φ are not functionally related to each other (or that the knowledge of one does not provide any information about the other) then the parameters are called “distinct,” and the missing data mechanism is ignorable.2015, Trivellore Raghunathan, Missing Data Analysis in Practice, →ISBN, page 6:
Derived terms
ignorably, nonignorable

ignorable

noun

Etymology From ignore + -able.

1

Anything that can be ignored.

  • So long as people like Mr Spearing stop at this point and resort to adjectives instead of numbers, so long will engineers, and probably also decision makers, continue to treat intangibles as ignorables.1969, Michael Huxley, The Geographical Magazine, volume 42, page 389:
Related terms
imputation, missingness, nonresponse

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