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response set

1. a tendency to answer questions in a systematic manner that is unrelated to their content. An example is the social desirability response set. See also response bias; response style. [first extensively discussed and studied by Lee J. Cronbach]

2. in sport, the tendency for an athlete to exhibit the same pattern of play in specific situations (e.g., always faking to the right before driving for the basket).

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stochastic

stochastic

adj.

1. random or undetermined; arising from chance.

2. describing a system or process that follows a probability pattern, such that events may be analyzed according to their statistical probability but not accurately predicted. See probabilism.