underdiscrimination

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Etymology

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under- +‎ discrimination

Noun

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underdiscrimination (uncountable)

  1. Less than normal discrimination
    • 2015 October 21, “Reconstructing the Rasch-Built Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Activity and Participation Scale”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Starting with the highest residual correlations (≥0.7, then ≥0.6, through to ≥0.3), the item of each residual correlating set showing the least face validity according to experts’ opinion (CF, MH) or having over- or underdiscrimination on its category probability curve, was removed (45 items removed stepwise; 28 items remaining).