undersimplification

noun

Incomplete simplification

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Meanings

nounundersimplification (countable and uncountable, plural undersimplifications)

plural undersimplifications

  1. countableuncountablemathematicsIncomplete simplification

    Both oversimplification (e.g., explanatory variables are incomplete) and undersimplification (e.g., explanatory variables are redundant) of reality can lead to trustless explanation and unfaithful prediction.

    2016 January 23, “Spatial Autocorrelation Approaches to Testing Residuals from Least Squares Regression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From under- + simplification.

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APA

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Chicago

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