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SIMILARITY COEFFICIENT [2 records]

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Record 1 1986-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

In numerical taxonomy, a factor S used to calculate the similarity between organisms, according to the formula S = ns/(ns + nd), where ns represents the number of positive features shared by two strains, and nd represents the number of features positive for one strain and negative for the other.

OBS

In "ns" and "nd", the letters s and d are subscripts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Sciences biologiques
OBS

Utilisé dans l'analyse statistique de deux groupements d'organismes.

Spanish

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