power base

the interpersonal origin of one individual’s capacity to influence other individuals. For example, reward power is based on the influencer’s control over valued resources, and legitimate power is based on a licit right to require and demand compliance. [proposed in 1959 by U.S. social psychologists John R. P. French Jr. (1922–2006) and Bertram Raven (1926– )]

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February 28th 2025

common metric

a unit or scale of measurement that is applied to data from different sources. In a meta-analysis, for instance, the results from multiple studies may need to be placed on a common metric so that they may be meaningfully compared.