ATTRITION

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N., Pam M.S.
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n. dropout or loss of participants during an experiment or during a clinical trial, which may cause imbalance in groups. Also known as experimental attrition- mortality.

ATTRITION: "The attrition in the study was such that the researcher did not have enough participants to run the trials."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. BEFORE-AFTER DESIGN
  2. QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
  3. CATCH TRIAL
  4. BLANK TRIAL
  5. MATCHING
  6. BETWEEN-GROUPS DESIGN
  7. BETWEEN-GROUPS DESIGN
  8. REAL-SIMULATOR MODEL
  9. CONFEDERATE
  10. RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "ATTRITION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/attrition/ (accessed March 29, 2020).
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