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praxiology

n.

1. the study of human conduct, or the science of efficient action (from Greek praxis, “to do”).

2. psychology as the study of human actions and overt behavior, to the exclusion of consciousness and metaphysical concepts. [employed by Knight Dunlap]

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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.