Marginal
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Marginal may refer to:
- For marginal constituency in politics, see “Marginal seatMarginal seatA marginal seat, or swing seat, is a constituency held with a particularly small majority in a legislative election, generally conducted under a single-winner voting system. In Canada they may be known as target ridings. The opposite is a safe seat....
” - For the manga, see Marginal (manga)Marginal (manga)is a Japanese science fiction manga written and illustrated by Moto Hagio, and serialised in Petit Flower between 1985 and 1987. It is a gender-reversed take on science fiction stories that Hagio had read where men disappeared, leaving an all-female world....
- For marginal model in hierarchical linear modeling, see “Marginal modelMarginal modelIn statistics, marginal models are a technique for obtaining regression estimates in multilevel modeling, also called hierarchical linear models....
” - For marginal observables in physics, see “Renormalization groupRenormalization groupIn theoretical physics, the renormalization group refers to a mathematical apparatus that allows systematic investigation of the changes of a physical system as viewed at different distance scales...
” - For marginal person in sociology, see “MarginalizationMarginalizationIn sociology, marginalisation , or marginalization , is the social process of becoming or being made marginal or relegated to the fringe of society e.g.; "the marginalization of the underclass", "marginalisation of intellect", etc.-Individual:Marginalization at the individual level results in an...
” - For marginal probability in probability theory, see “Marginal distributionMarginal distributionIn probability theory and statistics, the marginal distribution of a subset of a collection of random variables is the probability distribution of the variables contained in the subset. The term marginal variable is used to refer to those variables in the subset of variables being retained...
” - For economic concepts, see “MarginalismMarginalismMarginalism refers to the use of marginal concepts in economic theory. Marginalism is associated with arguments concerning changes in the quantity used of a good or service, as opposed to some notion of the over-all significance of that class of good or service, or of some total quantity...
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