source monitoring

the process of determining the origins of one’s memories, knowledge, or beliefs, such as whether an event was personally experienced, witnessed on television, or overheard. See also reality monitoring.

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January 30th 2025

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.