Definition of Deviances

1. Noun. (plural of deviance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deviances

1. deviance [n] - See also: deviance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deviances

deverbalize
deverbalized
deverbalizes
deverbalizing
deverbally
deverbals
deverbative
deverbatives
devest
devested
devesting
devests
devexities
devexity
deviance
deviances
deviancies
deviancy
deviants
deviate
deviated
deviated nasal septum
deviated septum
deviates
deviating
deviation
deviation ratio
deviation to the left
deviation to the right

Literary usage of Deviances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sas/stat 9.1 User's Guide by SAS Institute, Virginia Clark (2004)
"... (1989) advise that differences in deviances for nested models can be better approximated by chi-square distributions than the deviances themselves. ..."

2. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"... the likelihood ratio test can be obtained as the difference between two residual deviances. Cox and Hinkley [6, Examples 9.17 and 9.21] show that the ..."

3. Sas/insight 9.1 User's Guide by SAS Institute, Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"Model gives the variation modeled by the explanatory variables, and it is the difference between C Total and Error deviances. Type Ill (Wald) Tests The Type ..."

4. No Longer Business as Usual: Fighting Bribery and Corruption by Organization For Economic Cooperat OECD (2000)
"Deviances et Societe: La Justice Face a la Corruption, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1996. This issue of the journal features in-depth analyses by political scientists ..."

5. Sexual Abuse of Young Children in Southern Africa by Linda M. Richter, Andrew Dawes, Craig Higson-Smith, Human Sciences Research Council (2004)
"surveillance through research had shifted to groups, group dynamics and to deviances, broadly constructed on the basis of depictions of what is normal. ..."

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