imputation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === imputation (countable and uncountable, plural imputations) The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription. That which has been imputed or charged. Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation. (theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another. Opinion; intimation; hint. (statistics) The process of replacing missing data with substituted values. (genetics) The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes. (game theory) A distribution that is efficient and individually rational. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “imputation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “imputation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.py.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === imputation f (plural imputations) imputation === Further reading === “imputation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012