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Gender categories (in quantitative research)

For so many decades this was binary: male and female. For an increasingly well...

Generalisability

Crucial idea, first letter in our GULP acronym. Means what the word says: are...

Gender

Gender is gender: male or female! Details Of course it's not! First of all...

Gaussian ("Normal") distribution

This is the famous "bell shaped curve" which maps the probability of a score as...

Goal attainment scaling

GAS is a methodology for valuing and systematically identifying the specific goals of an individual...

GULP

Generalisability, Usability, Linguistics (and cultural Location) and Psychometrics. Our acronym to organise thinking about outcome/change...

GHQ: General Health Questionnaire

There are a suite of self-report mental health questionnaires that started with the GHQ-60 which...

Glasgow Anxiety Scale

In full the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with an intellectual disability (Mindham, J., &...

Glasgow Depression Scale

In full, the Glasgow Depression Scale for people with a learning disability (Cuthill, F. M.,...