treatment effect

the magnitude of the effect that a treatment (i.e., the independent variable) has upon the response variable (i.e., the dependent variable) in a study. It is usually measured as the difference in standardized units between the level of response under a control condition and the level of response under the treatment condition. See effect size.

Browse dictionary by letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Psychology term of the day

October 18th 2024

cofigurative culture

a society or culture in which people learn chiefly from other people in the same age group, so that, for example, children learn mostly from children and young adults from young adults. Compare postfigurative culture; prefigurative culture. [coined by U.S. anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901–1978)]