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structure coefficient

1. in regression analysis, a correlation coefficient indicating the extent of relationship between scores on a particular manifest variable and scores on a latent or predicted variable derived from the entire set of variables. It is used to quantify the importance of an observed variable.

2. in discriminant analysis, a value representing the association between a particular variable being considered as a differentiator of group membership and the discriminant function scores derived from the full set of predictor variables.

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May 9th 2024

Megan’s law

Megan’s law

an amendment to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act requiring that state registries of convicted but released sex offenders be disseminated to the public so that communities will be notified of offenders’ presence in a particular neighborhood. More formally known as the Community Notification Act, it was initially passed in New Jersey in 1994 after a repeat sex offender murdered a 7-year-old girl named Megan Nicole Kanka; it became a federal law in 1996.