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31Attachment parenting — Attachment parenting, a phrase coined by pediatrician William Sears, [cite web |url=http://www.attachmentparenting.org/faq/general.shtml#startap |title=API: FAQ General Attachment Parenting |accessdate=2007 05 27 |publisher=Attachment Parenting… …
32Theoretical definition — A hypothetical construct like intelligence must be understood in terms of a comprehensive theory of mind and reality A theoretical (or conceptual) definition gives the meaning of a word in terms of the theories of a specific discipline. This type …
33Fuzzy concept — A fuzzy concept is a concept of which the content, value, or boundaries of application can vary according to context or conditions, instead of being fixed once and for all. Usually this means the concept is vague, lacking a fixed, precise meaning …
34Nomological network — ( lawful network , the term nomology being derived from the Greek, meaning lawful ) is a representation of the concepts (constructs) of interest in a study, their observable manifestations, and the interrelationships among and between these. It… …
35Asset specificity — is a term related to the inter party relationships of a transaction. It has been extensively studied in a variety of management and economics areas such as marketing, accounting, organizational behavior and management information systems.… …
36Service idiosyncrasy — is a concept related to asset specificity.DefinitionAn idiosyncratic service is defined as one that is characterized by high levels of professional skills, specialized know how, and customization. And asset specificity is represented by the… …
37Urban Health Resource Centre — [http://www.uhrc.in (UHRC)] is a non profit Indian organization which aims to address health issues of the urban poor through a consultative and knowledge sharing approach in partnership with government and civil society.USAID/India developed a… …
38Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement — ] [cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2006 541|publisher=GovTrack|title=H.R. 5682: House Vote 541: Dec 8, 2006 (109th Congress)|accessdate=2006 12 08] The White House had urged Congress to expedite the reconciliation… …
39Representation validity — is concerned about how well the constructs or abstractions translate intoobservable measures. There are two primary questions to be answered. *Do the subconstructs properly define the construct (if you break up the main abstractions intosmaller… …
40Discriminant validity — describes the degree to which the operationalization is not similar to (diverges from) other operationalizations that it theoretically should not be similar to. Campbell and Fiske (1959) introduced the concept of discriminant validity within… …
