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Q-methodology

n. A factor analytic technique in which persons rather than tests are analyzed. It has usually be...

Q sort

n. A method of description of a person or thing in which the describer sorts a deck of cards with...

Quaalude

n. A synthetic sedative and hypnotic drug which depresses the cortex at moderate doses and the pe...

quadriplegia

n. The paralysis of all four limbs. This is usually the result of injury to the upper spine. Also...

qualitative research

n. Any scientific approach that does not use mathematical formulas to describe nature. This has t...

quality of life

n. The degree to which a person is able to enjoy being alive, which is related to physical and em...

quantitative psychology

n. 1. All psychological approaches that use mathematics in order to describe the workings of mind...

quantitative research

n. Any scientific investigation that uses mathematics as a way of describing nature.

quartile

n. Any one-quarter of a distribution of scores or numbers. Thus the first quartile is the lowest ...

quartile deviation

n. One-half of the distance between the first- and third-quartile boundaries, which is used as a ...

quasi-experiment

n. A study in which there is not random assignment of subjects to treatment groups but which is u...

quasi-experimental research

n. All studies in which there is not random assignment of subjects to treatment groups but which ...

questionnaire

n. Any list of questions or other items used to solicit information from people. These are widely...

quiet-biting attack

n. The complex but predictable pattern of behavior exhibited by predators stalking and killing th...