resampling

n. an analytic method in which a researcher repeatedly chooses subgroups of observations from a larger overall data set in order to estimate various characteristics of that larger set. The smaller subsets of observations may be drawn through random sampling with replacement or without replacement, with both strategies having implications for the different analytic approaches that may be used.

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Psychology term of the day

November 25th 2024

malevolent transformation

the feeling that one lives among enemies and can trust no one. This attitude, purported to be the result of harsh or unfair treatment during childhood, has been posited to be the basis for social withdrawal, hostility, and, in some cases, mental disorder of a persecutory nature. [first described by Harry Stack Sullivan]