hypercollinearity

noun

Excessive collinearity

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Meanings

nounhypercollinearity (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive collinearity

    To avoid the problem of hypercollinearity, the use of sulfonylurea and/or metformin was treated as a single independent variable.

    2015 November 12, “Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Kidney Cancer Risk: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of the National Health Insurance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hyper- + collinearity.

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