Weighting has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
"The survey results were skewed because the researchers applied weighting to ensure rural responses carried the same influence as urban ones."
2
The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.
"The survey results were skewed because the demographic weighting gave too much influence to urban residents over rural ones."
Verb
1
present participle of weight
"The heavy rain was weighting down the branches until several snapped under the pressure."
Broader Terms (hypernyms)