soft data

subjective data that lack the rigor of hard data. Soft data usually result from informal collection methods, such as those lacking random assignment to conditions, those lacking formal random sampling, or those based only on anecdote. Soft data may be descriptive or qualitative and are used to help interpret hard data.

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

Hering–Breuer reflex

a nervous mechanism involved in normal breathing, with stimuli from sensory endings in lung tissue limiting inspiration and expiration. [Ewald Hering; Josef Breuer]