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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Measurement

Hi.What does "measurement" mean in:
"Future behavioral genetic research must more fully ascertain the influence of different informants, developmental stages, and types of measurement in evaluating genetic, compared with shared and nonshared environmental contributions to DBD and its subtypes, and the distinction between aggressive and nonaggressive symptom"
from http://focus.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?Volume=2&page=558&journalID=21
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, of, by comparison with some standard.

  • , of, by comparison with some standard.
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Measure: to ascertain the extent, dimensions, quantity, capacity,etc., of, especially by comparison with a standard; to estimate the relative amount, value, etc., of, by comparison with some standard.
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I guess 'evaluation' also means the same thing.That is confusing...

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