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Sheppard's correction

[ shep-erdz ]

noun

, Statistics.
  1. a method of correcting the bias in standard deviations and higher moments of distributions that arises from grouping values of the variable.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sheppard's correction1

Named after William F. Sheppard (1863–1936), English statistician

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