muscular type

a constitutional type characterized by dominance of the muscular and locomotor systems over other body systems (see Rostan types). It corresponds to the athletic type in Kretschmer typology.

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January 27th 2025

standardized coefficient

any index derived from an analysis of two or more variables that have been transformed via standardization, which ensures their value ranges and variances are equivalent and thus appropriate for comparison. The term is most commonly used to denote the standardized regression coefficient or beta coefficient.