ascertainment
1Ascertainment — As cer*tain ment, n. The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. [1913 Webster] The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. [1913 Webster] …
2ascertainment — index analysis, certification (certainness), collation, conclusion (determination), detection, determination …
3ascertainment — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷mənt noun ( s) : the act of ascertaining: a. archaic : a reducing to certainty : exact determination that a period might be put and some ascertainment made and a time fixed Oliver Cromwell b …
4ascertainment — ascertain ► VERB ▪ find out for certain. DERIVATIVES ascertainable adjective ascertainment noun. ORIGIN Old French acertener, from Latin certus settled, sure …
5Ascertainment bias — In scientific research, ascertainment bias occurs when false results are produced by non random sampling and conclusions made about an entire group are based on a distorted or nontypical sample. If this is not accounted for, results can be… …
6ascertainment — noun see ascertain …
7ascertainment — See ascertainable. * * * …
8ascertainment — noun The act of ascertaining …
9ascertainment — In epidemiological and genetic research, the method by which a person, pedigree, or cluster is brought to the attention of an investigator; has a bearing on the interpretation of segregation ratios, concordance rates, linkage analysis, and other… …
10ascertainment — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something that has been discovered: discovery, find, finding, strike. See TEACH …
