Demand characteristic

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.NounAn aspect of an experimental design that leads subjects to infer, and comply with, researcher expectations, thereby confounding the experimental results.

Synonyms

decoy effect concession-counter-expectation confounding variable observer's paradox concession-contraexpectation conditionate conjecturality overmatching counterfinality ambitendency allais paradox hyperconformity

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