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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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complete factorial design

complete factorial design

a research study involving two or more independent variables in which every possible combination of the levels of each variable is represented. For instance, in a study of two drug treatments, one (A) having two dosages and the other (B) having three dosages, a complete factorial design would pair the dosages administered to different individuals or groups of participants as follows: A1 with B1, A1 with B2, A1 with B3, A2 with B1, A2 with B2, and A2 with B3. Compare fractional factorial design.