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Chauvenet's criterion

Summary

Chauvenet's criterion is a rule of thumb[1]. It draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_thumb category, ranking #15 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chauvenet's criterion's instance of is recorded as rule of thumb[3].
  • Chauvenet's criterion's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[4].
  • William Chauvenet is named after Chauvenet's criterion[5].
  • Chauvenet's criterion's subclass of is recorded as statistics[6].
  • Chauvenet's criterion's Commons category is recorded as Chauvenet's criterion[7].
  • Chauvenet's criterion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05jmxd[8].
  • Chauvenet's criterion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 151206810[9].

Why It Matters

Chauvenet's criterion draws 48 Wikipedia views per month (rule_of_thumb category, ranking #15 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Chauvenet's criterion. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/chauvenet-s-criterion
MLA “Chauvenet's criterion.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/chauvenet-s-criterion.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_chauvenet-s-criterion_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Chauvenet's criterion}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chauvenet-s-criterion}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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