ABSOLUTE VALUE

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N., Sam M.S.
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the amount to which a number would sway from zero on a point scale

ABSOLUTE VALUE: "The study's absolute value was 6."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PARTIALLY ORDERED SCALE
  2. THURSTONE ATTITUDE SCALES
  3. IPSATIVE SCALE
  4. NOMINAL SCALE
  5. METHOD OF EQUAL-APPEARING INTERVALS
  6. STANINE
  7. BIPOLAR RATING SCALE
  8. BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT AND TODDLER DEVELOP
  9. BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION SCALE (BOS)
  10. TAYLOR MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "ABSOLUTE VALUE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/absolute-value/ (accessed October 22, 2021).
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