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  2. Einthoven's triangle - Wikipedia

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    Graphical representation of Einthoven's triangle. Einthoven's triangle is an imaginary formation of three limb leads in a triangle used in the electrocardiography, formed by the two shoulders and the pubis. [1] The shape forms an inverted equilateral triangle with the heart at the center. It is named after Willem Einthoven, who theorized its ...

  3. Electrocardiography - Wikipedia

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    When added to Einthoven's three limb leads and the six chest leads we arrive at the 12-lead electrocardiogram that is used today. [ 97 ] In the late 1940s, Rune Elmqvist invented an inkjet printer involving thin jets of ink deflected by electrical potentials from the heart, with good frequency response and direct recording of ECG on paper.

  4. Willem Einthoven - Wikipedia

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    The term Einthoven's triangle is named after him. It refers to the imaginary inverted equilateral triangle centered on the chest and the points being the standard leads on the arms and leg. [9] After his development of the string galvanometer, Einthoven went on to describe the electrocardiographic features of a number of cardiovascular disorders.

  5. Error management theory - Wikipedia

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    Differences in perceptions of sexual interest between men and women may be exploited by both genders. Men may present themselves as more emotionally invested in a woman than they actually are in order to gain sexual access; 71% of men report engaging in this form of manipulation and 97% of women report having experienced this form of manipulation. [7]

  6. Triangulation (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    The Perverse Triangle was first described in 1977 by Jay Haley [6] as a triangle where two people who are on different hierarchical or generational levels form a coalition against a third person (e.g., "a covert alliance between a parent and a child, who band together to undermine the other parent's power and authority".) [7] The perverse triangle concept has been widely discussed in ...

  7. Type I and type II errors - Wikipedia

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    In statistical hypothesis testing, a type I error, or a false positive, is the rejection of the null hypothesis when it is actually true. A type II error, or a false negative, is the failure to reject a null hypothesis that is actually false. [1] Type I error: an innocent person may be convicted. Type II error: a guilty person may be not convicted.

  8. Naïve realism (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In social psychology, naïve realism is the human tendency to believe that we see the world around us objectively, and that people who disagree with us must be uninformed, irrational, or biased. Naïve realism provides a theoretical basis for several other cognitive biases, which are systematic errors when it comes to thinking and making decisions.

  9. Classical test theory - Wikipedia

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    Classical test theory assumes that each person has a true score,T, that would be obtained if there were no errors in measurement. A person's true score is defined as the expected number-correct score over an infinite number of independent administrations of the test.