RATE OF CHANGE

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N., Pam M.S.
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The change in a variable per unit time divided by the value of the variable prior to the change. Example: rising from 10 to 20 the rate of change is (20-10)/10=10/10=a rate of change of 1.

RATE OF CHANGE: "The rate of change in the variable was 1."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. BASE RATE
  2. REGRESSION ANALYSIS
  3. CATASTROPHE THEORY
  4. BASE-RATE FALLACY
  5. NEGATIVE ACCELERATION
  6. MUSCLE-TENSION GRADIENT
  7. CATASTROPHE THEORY
  8. ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE (ANCOVA)
  9. CONTINUOUS VARIABLE
  10. MICROSCOPIC LEVEL
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "RATE OF CHANGE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/rate-of-change/ (accessed April 6, 2020).
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