Definition of Reliability

1. Noun. The quality of being dependable or reliable.


Definition of Reliability

1. n. The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

Definition of Reliability

1. Noun. The quality of being reliable, dependable(,) or trustworthy. ¹

2. Noun. The quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent, that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See validity). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reliability

1. liability [n -TIES] - See also: liability

Medical Definition of Reliability

1. The degree of stability exhibitied when a measurement is repeated under identical conditions. See: correlation coefficient, reliability coefficient. Origin: M.E. Relien, fr. O.Fr. Relier, fr. L. Religo, to bind (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reliability

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relicense
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Literary usage of Reliability

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

1. Regulatory Reform in the United States by Scott H. Jacobs (1999)
"As a result of all these factors, voluntary compliance with reliability standards ... NERC created a new organisation, North American Electric reliability ..."

2. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"reliability of the Child's Out-of-Court Statement The second prong of the test set forth in Ohio v. Roberts requires that an out-of- court statement must ..."

3. Educational Guidance: An Experimental Study in the Analysis and Prediction by Truman Lee Kelley (1915)
"Since three judges graded all the words, the reliability coefficients for the ... As given in the next section, the reliability of the factor of accuracy is ..."

4. An Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment by Isidore Dyen, Joseph B. Kruskal, Paul Black (1992)
"After validity, the next question regarding a method concerns its reliability. reliability refers to the extent to which the results of the method are ..."

5. Indoeuropean Classification: A Lexicostatistical Experiment: Transactions, APS by Isidore Dyen (2007)
"1.2 Validity and reliability It is no minor consideration in the discussion of "validity" that the term is understood in various ways by different scholars, ..."

6. Education Reform & Students at Risk: Studies of Education Reform by Robert J. Rossi, Samuel C. Stringfield (1999)
"Air traffic control towers and regional electric power grids are two examples of High- reliability Organizations (HROs) described by LaPorte and Consolini. ..."

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