IMPUTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imputation mean? 

• IMPUTATION (noun)
  The noun IMPUTATION has 2 senses:

1. a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)

2. the attribution to a source or cause

  Familiarity information: IMPUTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPUTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he denied the imputation

Hypernyms ("imputation" is a kind of...):

accusal; accusation (a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imputation"):

finger-pointing; fingerpointing (the imputation of blame)

Derivation:

impute (attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The attribution to a source or cause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously

Hypernyms ("imputation" is a kind of...):

ascription; attribution (assigning to a cause or source)

Derivation:

impute (attribute or credit to)

 Context examples 

Last Observation Carried Forward: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the subject's previous nonmissing value.

(Last Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Interpolation: A method of imputation involving a missing value that is between known values and is estimated by a function of those known values.

(Interpolation Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Time Imputation Flag: Indicates the level of imputation reflected in a time value.

(CDISC ADaM Time Imputation Flag Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Maximum Likelihood: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with estimates that maximize the probability of observing what has in fact been observed.

(Maximum Likelihood Estimation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Mean Observed Value in a Group: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the mean value observed in a group of subjects.

(Mean Observed Value in a Group Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Penultimate Observation Carried Forward: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the subject's next-to-last nonmissing value.

(Penultimate Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Mean of Other Group: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the mean value from a comparator or reference group.

(Mean of Other Group Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Date Imputation Flag: Indicates the level of imputation reflected in a date value.

(CDISC ADaM Date Imputation Flag Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Best Observation Carried Forward: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the subject's best-case nonmissing value.

(Best Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the best-case nonmissing value.

(Best Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus)