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What does predictive mean?

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Adjective
  1. Useful in predicting.
  2. (computing) Describing a predictor.
  3. (Medicine) Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test
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The discourses of Jesus on the subject appear to be admonitory rather than predictive.
An elevated white blood cell count has a low predictive value for appendicitis because it is present in a number of conditions.
She maintains that it is predictive efficacy that counts, and that predictive success provides no warrant for claims about truth or existence.
In addition, there appears to be an asymmetry in the predictive content of the Beige Book language.
Unfortunately, this race is so tight that systematic error, and late-breaking undecideds, overwhelm the predictive power of the averages.
Central abdominal adiposity has a stronger association with CV risk factors than peripheral obesity and is more predictive of coronary events.

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