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equipercentile method

a procedure for showing how two measures are similar, such that a shared value of x on the two measurements implies that the probability of a person drawn at random having a score greater than x is the same for both measures.

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December 7th 2024

adequate sample

adequate sample

a sample that sufficiently represents the larger population from which it was drawn in terms of size, being large enough to provide satisfactory precision by minimizing the possibility of chance affecting the data obtained.