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derbisol

derbisol noun: a fictitious drug, sometimes included in academic questionnaires to test the reliability of respondents.

Noun

derbisol (uncountable)

  1. A fictitious drug, sometimes included in academic questionnaires to test the reliability of respondents.
    • On how many occasions (if any) have you used derbisol during the past 30 days?2004, A Study of the 2002 Arizona Youth Survey: Gang Membership Among Youth
    • Students were also asked if they had used a fictitious substance (Derbisol), and the students that responded positively to this item (n = 6 in Queenstown and n = 3 in Umtata) were excluded from the study.2010, Journal of Psychology in Africa, volume 20, numbers 1-2, page 36

Questions about derbisol

What does derbisol mean?
Derbisol means a fictitious drug, sometimes included in academic questionnaires to test the reliability of respondents.
What part of speech is derbisol?
Derbisol is a noun.

Words near derbisol in the dictionary

  1. derbid
  2. derbids
  3. derbied
  4. derbies
  5. derbio
  6. derbisol
  7. derby
  8. Derby Acres
  9. derby dog
  10. Derby Kell
  11. Derby Kelly

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