weighting

Plural: weightings

Noun

• (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
• The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.

Verb

• weight down with a load
• present with a bias
• present participle and gerund of weight

Examples

• Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies.

Synonyms

angle, burden, burthen, slant, weight, weight down

Antonyms

unburden