misclassification

[mis-klas-uh-fi-kay-shuhn]

noun

1. an act or instance of misclassifying.

Example Sentences

But it said "misclassification and other biases may partially explain these associations".

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The researchers also uncovered widespread racial misclassification.

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The issue of racial misclassification “is not new for us at all,” said Nanette Star, director of policy and planning at the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health.

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Issues related to racial misclassification in public records persist across the entire life course for AI/AN individuals, from birth to early childhood interventions to chronic disease and death.

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According to the paper, the matter relates to misclassification of staff and claims that inflated rates were being charged for them.

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