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  2. Guilford's Alternate Uses - Wikipedia

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    The intent of the AUT is to have the test taker think creatively. It is generally used with a time-constraint, and consists of someone thinking of one object to start. Then within that time-constraint, that person thinks of as many objects as they can that are comparable to the original object chosen. [citation needed] The AUT measures a ...

  3. Peelian principles - Wikipedia

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    The Peelian principles summarise the ideas that Sir Robert Peel developed to define an ethical police force. The approach expressed in these principles is commonly known as policing by consent in the United Kingdom and other countries such as Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. [citation needed] In this model of policing, police officers are ...

  4. Strict scrutiny - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In U.S. constitutional law, when a law infringes upon a fundamental constitutional right, the court may apply the strict scrutiny standard. Strict scrutiny holds the challenged law as presumptively invalid unless the government can demonstrate that the law or regulation is necessary to achieve a "compelling state interest".

  5. Rorschach test - Wikipedia

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    After the test subject has seen and responded to all of the inkblots (free association phase), the tester then presents them again one at a time in a set sequence for the subject to study: the subject is asked to note where they see what they originally saw and what makes it look like that (inquiry phase). The subject is usually asked to hold ...

  6. Alternative assessment - Wikipedia

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    Alternative assessment is sometimes used as a substitute for certain students who are unable, generally because of disabilities, to take the one given to most students. [ 1] Initially, alternative assessments are typically formative. Portfolio assessments compile multiple alternative assessments collected formatively during the course and turn ...

  7. Null hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Basic definitions. The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis are types of conjectures used in statistical tests to make statistical inferences, which are formal methods of reaching conclusions and separating scientific claims from statistical noise. The statement being tested in a test of statistical significance is called the null ...

  8. Inventive step and non-obviousness - Wikipedia

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    The inventive step and non-obviousness reflect a general patentability requirement present in most patent laws, according to which an invention should be sufficiently inventive—i.e., non-obvious—in order to be patented. [ 1] In other words, " [the] nonobviousness principle asks whether the invention is an adequate distance beyond or above ...

  9. Exam - Wikipedia

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    American students in a computer fundamentals class taking an online test in 2001. An examination ( exam or evaluation) or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics (e.g., beliefs ). [1] A test may be administered verbally, on paper ...