Definition
The act or process of finding out or determining something with certainty through investigation or evidence.
Etymology
From ascertain with the suffix -ment (act or process of). Used since the 16th century in English legal and scientific writing.
Kelly Says
In medical genetics, 'ascertainment bias' is a major problem—if you find people with a disease through hospitals, you're biased toward sicker patients, skewing what you think the disease is really like.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
xác nhận
xa-k-n-an
BNবাংলা
নিশ্চয়তা
ni-sh-cho-ya-ta
CACatalà
confirmació
kon-fir-ma-syon
CSČeština
potvrzení
pot-vr-zhen-i
DADansk
bekræftelse
be-kræf-tel-se
DEDeutsch
Bestätigung
be-stai-gung
ELΕλληνικά
βεβαίωση
ve-va-io-si
ESEspañol
determinación
deh-ter-mi-na-syon
FISuomi
varmistus
var-mis-tus
FRFrançais
constatation
kon-sta-ta-syon
HIहिन्दी
पक्का करना
pakka karna
HUMagyar
megerősítés
me-ger-o-si-tes
IDBahasa Indonesia
penetapan
pe-ne-ta-pan
ITItaliano
accertamento
a-ssehr-ta-men-to
KMKM
ការបញ្ជាក់
ka-ar-ban-chia-k
MSBahasa Melayu
pengesahan
pen-ge-shah-an
NLNederlands
vaststelling
vast-stel-ling
NONorsk
bekreftelse
be-kref-tel-se
PLPolski
ustalenie
us-ta-le-nie
PTPortuguês
determinação
deh-ter-mi-na-sãw
RORomână
stabilire
sta-bi-li-re
RUРусский
установление
ustanovlenie
SVSvenska
bekräftelse
be-krä-ftel-se
SWKiswahili
uhakika
u-ha-ki-ka
THไทย
การยืนยัน
gaan-yuen-yan
TLTL
pagkumpirma
pa-gkum-pir-ma
UKУкраїнська
визначення
vizna-chen-nya
VITiếng Việt
xác nhận
xác-nhận