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elicitation

[ih-lis-i-tey-shuhn] / ɪˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /




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Expert elicitation is often used to predict risks or otherwise evaluate things that are hard to measure.

From Scientific American

The moderated 3-day discussion was an example of ‘expert elicitation’, a way to generate a synthesis of the evidence and the specialists’ often conflicting views.

From Nature

Expert elicitation offers one way to make sense of this complexity.

From Nature

The most egregious and vicious exhibition of cruelty and despondency from the CPD involved former commander Jon Burge, who routinely ordered his officers to torture black men in the elicitation of false confessions.

From Salon

Most espe­cially in its horrible elicitation of readers’ letters on the anniversary of September 11, The Nation joined the amoral side.

From Salon