Glossary Items Starting with "U"
- unbiased assignment
- Assigning participants to groups or conditions in such a way
that the groups are statistically equivalent at the start of the
study. The most common unbiased assignment method is random
assignment.
- univariate
- Having to do with one variable. For example, a univariate
distribution would provide the distribution for a single
variable.
- univariate designs
- See
single-variable design.
- unobtrusive measure
- Any measure that can be taken on participants without them
being aware they are being measured.
- unobtrusive observer
- Anyone who is able to observe the behavior of participants
without them being aware they are being observed.