SAFETY ENGINEERING
Approach to engineering and structure design which seeks to reduce or eliminate hazards within work systems and processes. See also:…
SAFETY PSYCHOLOGY
Analysis of the human and environmental aspects associated with accidental injuries and risk avoidance. Human aspects consist of risk-free and…
SALES-SURVEY TECHNIQUE
Technique for assessing the success of advertising and marketing enticements by examining the number of sales of an item after…
SALICYLATES
Class of medications based on salicin (obtained from the bark of the willow tree) or its compounds; employed as analgesics,…
SALIENCE HYPOTHESIS
The standard principle of perceptual experience dependent upon which particularly salient stimuli (items, individuals, meanings, and so forth) should be…
SALIVARY REFLEX
Increase or decrease of the production of saliva from the salivary glands; may be a conditioned or unconditioned response to…
SALIVATION
Process by which saliva is excreted from the salivary glands; usually a reflex response to food or food stimuli.
SALPINGECTOMY
Removal by surgical means of one or both fallopian tubes, either due to infection or obstruction, or the desire to…
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Marriage or other long-term, intimate, stable commitment between two people who are of the same sex. Recognized legally in some…
SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
Allocation of results in a specific example. May be considered normal, skewed, or bimodal.
SAMPLING ERROR
Degree to which a sample is not characteristic of the populace from which it was subsequently taken. Variance in the…
SAMPLING FRAME
Comprehensive list of all factors in a populace wherein a sample is being taken.
SAMPLING METHODS
Variety of factors taken into account when individuals are picked to participate in research activities. See: sampling.
SAMPLING THEORY
Guidelines for taking samples which will correctly characterize the populace from which they are drawn. See: sampling.