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Variance: computation and bias

This follows on from the introduction to variance. Best to read that first...

Validity

This is one of the most basic ideas in psychometrics and is a quality of...

Violin plot (or violinplot)

The violin plot complements the histogram and the boxplot as a graphical way of describing...

Values based evidence (VBE)

An framework stressing that evidence pertinent to therapy and care is always and necessarily rooted...

Variance: introduction

The fundamental issue in empirical research and data: how much scores on variables differ. ...

Visual analogue scale (VAS)

A response format in which the respondent is asked to rate something by marking a...

Variable

At the most abstract: anything on which things may have different values. Typically in...