Definition of Jackknifing

1. Verb. (present participle of jackknife) ¹

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Definition of Jackknifing

1. jackknife [v] - See also: jackknife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackknifing

jackhammer
jackhammered
jackhammering
jackhammers
jackhole
jackholes
jackies
jacking
jacking off
jacking up
jackknife
jackknife-fish
jackknife clam
jackknifed
jackknifes
jackknifing (current term)
jackknives
jackleg
jacklegs
jacklight
jacklighted
jacklighting
jacklights
jackman
jackmen
jackoff
jackoffs
jackplane
jackplanes
jackpot

Literary usage of Jackknifing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Analysis of Censored Data: Proceedings of the Workshop on Analysis of by Hira L. Koul, J. V. Deshpande (1995)
"Finally, we consider a version of jackknifing which may be applied here under ... By an appeal to functional jackknifing methodology (viz., Sen 1988a, b), ..."

2. Small Sample Asymptotics by Christopher A. Field, Elvezio Ronchetti (1990)
"Parr and Schucany (1982) investigated the small sample behavior of L-estimators via jackknifing. ..."

3. Vegetation Monitoring: An Annotated Bibliography edited by Caryl L. Elzinga, Angela G. Evenden (1998)
"Permanent plot data were analyzed with a jackknifing technique. Analysis of variance was computed for comparisons between permanent plot data and data from ..."

4. Traffic Safety Facts (1996): A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data from by Ricardo Martinez (1998)
"In this report, jackknifing is restricted to truck tractors pulling a trailing unit in which the trailing unit and the pulling vehicle rotate with respect ..."

5. Strengthening the Family by Marian F. Zeitlin (1995)
"(b) Easy-to-use jackknifing procedures that permit accurate estimation from smaller samples (essential for field procedures too burdensome to conduct on ..."

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