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What to call variables that measures human's random preferences to select a given experimental stimuli?
I understand that in some cases, given a set of objects, human subjects asked to randomly select one will tend to favor one over others.
We all know the situation where "37" will be favored when ...
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What is the rule that describes sufficiently large groups will have bad actors?
I once heard of a rule/law/number that described any group sufficiently large enough will have "bad" people in it. It is most often used to describe how online communities will have to deal with ...
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What is the difference between facets and factors?
I am wondering whether there is a difference between factors and facets.
Concretely, I am doing a research about transformational leadership. My questionnaire has 8 factors which is based on a ...
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Two time points, control and experimental groups: What design is it? [closed]
I managed to get myself confused on this one.
So I am planning to conduct an experiment within an organization. I want to explore effects of recognition on people's motivation. Recognition will be in ...
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What is the name for the cognitive bias that ignores that extreme symptoms always tend to get less extreme?
There are some long term diseases where the severity of your symptoms tend towards a 'normal'. So imagine plotting out the severity of the symptoms say, every day or every week, then drawing a line of ...
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