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respite care

assistance, supervision, and recreational or social activities provided for a limited period to a child, older adult, or person with a disability or chronic illness in order to temporarily relieve family members from caregiving responsibilities. These services may be provided on a scheduled or unscheduled basis, either regularly or occasionally, after school hours, during weekends, or overnight. Also called in-home respite.

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October 11th 2024

method of difference

method of difference

the second of the five canons of empirical science laid down by John Stuart Mill. It is meant to establish sufficient conditions for a phenomenon. For example, if under one condition, C1, an effect, E1, does not occur, and as C1 is changed to C2 the effect E1 does occur, it may be concluded that C2 is a sufficient cause of E1, and the alternative hypothesis, that C1 causes E1, can be eliminated. Thus, the effect is attributed to the “difference” between conditions C1 and C2. Also called difference canon.