overidentification

n. in structural equation modeling and similar statistical techniques, the presence of more parameters in a model than are required to correctly specify the relationships among the variables of interest. In other words, the number of known parameters exceeds the number of free parameters, allowing one or more values to be estimated in more than one way. Compare underidentification.

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November 25th 2024

Lee–Boot effect

a prolonged diestrus phase, induced by pheromones, that occurs when a female animal is housed with other females. [first reported in 1955 by S. van der Lee and L. M. Boot, Dutch biologists]