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embedding effect

embedding effect noun: the inconsistency in the value of a specific public good by using a contingent valuation or willingness-to-pay method due to the difficulty for individuals to identify the particular value that they attach to one particular thing which is embedded in a collection of similar things; these resulting problems are called the part-whole bias and sequencing and nesting.

Noun

embedding effect (plural embedding effects)

  1. The inconsistency in the value of a specific public good by using a contingent valuation or willingness-to-pay method due to the difficulty for individuals to identify the particular value that they attach to one particular thing which is embedded in a collection of similar things; these resulting problems are called the part-whole bias and sequencing and nesting.

Forms of embedding effect

pluralembedding effects

Questions about embedding effect

What does embedding effect mean?
Embedding effect means the inconsistency in the value of a specific public good by using a contingent valuation or willingness-to-pay method due to the difficulty for individuals to identify the particular value that they attach to one particular thing which is embedded in a collection of similar things; these resulting problems are called the part-whole bias and sequencing and nesting.
What part of speech is embedding effect?
Embedding effect is a noun.
What is the plural of embedding effect?
The plural of embedding effect is embedding effects.

Words near embedding effect in the dictionary

  1. embeddedness
  2. embeddednesses
  3. embedder
  4. embedders
  5. embedding
  6. embedding effect
  7. embedding effects
  8. embeddings
  9. embedment
  10. embedments
  11. embeds

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