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commonsense justice

practices and procedures that ordinary people consider to be fair and just, which may differ from legal conceptions of justice and fairness.

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February 15th 2025

reversal design

reversal design

an experimental design, generally used when only a single group is being studied, that attempts to counteract the confounding effects (see confound) of sequence and treatment by alternating baseline conditions with treatment conditions. Examples include the A-B-A design and other similar combinations. See also alternating treatments design.