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demand characteristics

demand characteristics is the plural of demand characteristic.

Meaning of demand characteristic

Noun

demand characteristic (plural demand characteristics)

  1. (plural-normally) An aspect of an experimental design that leads subjects to infer, and comply with, researcher expectations, thereby confounding the experimental results.

Questions about demand characteristics

What is demand characteristics the plural of?
Demand characteristics is the plural of demand characteristic.

Words near demand characteristics in the dictionary

  1. demalonylation
  2. deman
  3. demand
  4. demand account
  5. demand characteristic
  6. demand characteristics
  7. demand curve
  8. demand curves
  9. demand deposit
  10. demand deposits
  11. demand destruction

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