wakefulness

n. a condition of awareness of one’s surroundings, generally coupled with an ability to communicate with others or to signal understanding of what is being communicated by others. It is characterized by low-amplitude, irregular, fast-wave electrical activity in the raw electroencephalogram.

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March 15th 2025

Kendall’s coefficient of concordance

see coefficient of concordance. [Maurice George Kendall (1907–1983), British statistician]