reliability theory

any of various conceptualizations about why scores on a test or performance task are consistent across contexts. Three prominent reliability theories are classical test theory, generalizability theory, and item response theory. Each considers error differently and thus it is important for researchers to specify which conceptualization underlies their research.

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October 18th 2024

cofigurative culture

a society or culture in which people learn chiefly from other people in the same age group, so that, for example, children learn mostly from children and young adults from young adults. Compare postfigurative culture; prefigurative culture. [coined by U.S. anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901–1978)]