imputing
Crediting to someone
Imputing is attributing something, usually a fault or motive, to someone: They kept imputing bad intentions to her.
The word carries a slight accusatory tone—you impute blame, not praise.
In statistics and data analysis, imputing means filling in missing values with estimated ones: The software imputes missing data based on similar cases.
Assigning cause or origin
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
- creditingAssigning recognition to someone
- attributingAssigning origin or cause
- associatingMentally linking concepts
linking · connecting · relating · referencing · acknowledging · designating · allocating · apportioning
Alleging guilt or fault
- chargingRestoring electrical power
- blamingAssigning responsibility for wrongdoing
- faultingAttributing blame to another
- incriminatingProving guilt or wrongdoing
alleging · indicting · reproaching · finger-pointing · scapegoating · condemning · denouncing · censuring
Deriving meaning indirectly
- deducingConcluding from evidence
- extrapolatingInferring beyond known data
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- presumingTaking for granted
surmising · conjecturing · hypothesizing · estimating · projecting · speculating · supposing · concluding
Absent information in datasets
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- regressionReturn to former state
- placeholderTemporary position marker
dataset · values · averaging · modeling · filling · replacing · proxying · approximating
ascribing
Assigning cause or origin
- assigningDesignating for a purpose
- creditingAssigning recognition to someone
- attributingAssigning origin or cause
associating · linking · connecting · relating · referencing · acknowledging · designating · allocating · apportioning · charging
accusing
Alleging guilt or fault
- chargingRestoring electrical power
- blamingAssigning responsibility for wrongdoing
- faultingAttributing blame to another
incriminating · alleging · indicting · reproaching · finger-pointing · scapegoating · condemning · denouncing · censuring · criticizing
inferring
Deriving meaning indirectly
- deducingConcluding from evidence
- extrapolatingInferring beyond known data
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
presuming · surmising · conjecturing · hypothesizing · estimating · projecting · speculating · supposing · concluding · deriving
missing data
Absent information in datasets
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- interpolationEstimating between known values
- regressionReturn to former state
placeholder · dataset · values · averaging · modeling · filling · replacing · proxying · approximating
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
imputingproving
Establishing validity through evidence
demonstrating · establishing · verifying · confirming · substantiating
imputingexonerating
Clearing of wrongdoing
absolving · exculpating · clearing · acquitting · vindicating
imputingknowing
Possessing awareness or insight
ascertaining · determining · concluding · deducing · inferring
dispute, compute, repute, impute, imputed, imputation, imputes, imputations