intuitive judgment

a decision reached on the basis of subjective feelings that cannot easily be articulated and may not be fully conscious. See intuition; System 1.

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January 28th 2025

consistency check

a method often built into an experimental or statistical procedure to verify that data are accurate or that computations have been done correctly. For example, questionnaire items with slightly different wording but identical meaning should be answered by individuals in the same way, and respondents claiming to have a high educational degree should be of a certain age.