sensation type

in the analytic psychology of Carl Jung, a functional type dominated by sensory perception, such that the individual experiences the world primarily through his or her senses. It is one of Jung’s two irrational types, the other being the intuitive type. See also feeling type; thinking type.

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January 30th 2025

statistical stability

statistical stability

consistency of results across samples, study designs, and analyses. A meta-analysis may be used to examine the stability of means, correlations, and other parameter estimates obtained from different studies of the same population. See also stability coefficient.