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role expectations

the traits, attitudes, and behaviors considered appropriate for an occupant of a particular position within a group or social setting. For example, being an elementary school teacher may be associated with expectations of warmth and patience, the desire to motivate students and help them achieve, and the ability to develop useful curricula and provide appropriate instruction. These expectations may be communicated to the occupant by other people in the occupant’s role set or may be held by the occupant himself or herself. See also Pygmalion effect; upward Pygmalion effect.

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October 5th 2024

partition

partition

1. vb. in statistics and measurement, to divide variance observed in the dependent variable into component elements on the basis of its nature and origin.

2. n. a specific component of the observed variance (e.g., variance due to a treatment effect and variance due to random error).