Etymology

pseudoreplication

Today it means: The exaggeration of the statistical significance of a set of measurements resulting from treating the data as independent observations when they are in fact interdependent. Full definition →

English replication ← Middle English pseudo- ← Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Englishreplication
  6. English todaypseudoreplication

From pseudo- + replication.

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