demand characteristic
demand characteristic · demand characteristics
An aspect of an experimental design that leads subjects to infer, and comply with,…An aspect of an experimental design that leads subjects to infer, and comply with, researcher expectations, thereby confounding the experimental results.
Meaning
1 senses(usually plural)An aspect of an experimental design that leads subjects to infer, and comply with, researcher expectations, thereby confounding the experimental results.
Origin
From demand + characteristic.From demand + characteristic.
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Forms
plural: demand characteristics| Singular | demand characteristic |
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