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  3. Ageism - Wikipedia

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    Age discrimination is the result of actions taken to deny or limit opportunities to people based on age. These are usually actions taken as a result of one's ageist beliefs and attitudes. Age discrimination occurs on both a personal and institutional level. [50]

  4. Age stratification - Wikipedia

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    Age stratification could also be defined as a system of inequalities linked to age. In Western societies, for example, both the old and the young are perceived and treated as relatively incompetent and excluded from much social life. Age stratification based on an ascribed status is a major source inequality, and thus may lead to ageism. [2]

  5. World Values Survey - Wikipedia

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    The World Values Survey (WVS) is a global research project that explores people's values and beliefs, how they change over time, and what social and political impact they have. Since 1981 a worldwide network of social scientists have conducted representative national surveys as part of WVS in almost 100 countries.

  6. Standardized test - Wikipedia

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    Norm-referenced score interpretations compare test-takers to a sample of peers. [4] The goal is to rank students as being better or worse than other students. Norm-referenced test score interpretations are associated with traditional education. Students who perform better than others pass the test, and students who perform worse than others ...

  7. Wikipedia:Ageism - Wikipedia

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    While being a minor is a legitimate concern, it is generally not enough of a reason to garner traction. Unless the oppose is tied directly to examples of immaturity, it is unlikely that others will give it much credence. By itself, age has not been enough of a reason to kill RfAs. Wikipedia has a large number of successful admins under the age ...

  8. Whipple's index - Wikipedia

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    ABCC Index is another age heaping index that is used in a research and is based on the Whipple's Index. This method was developed by A’Hearn, Baten, and Crayen. [7] [8] Who examined a close relationship between age heaping and a number of human capital indicators from the U.S. census sample namely, the race, gender, high and low educational ...

  9. Psychological testing - Wikipedia

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    For example, a normed personality scale can help psychologists understand how some people are high in negative affectivity (NA) and others are low or intermediate in NA. With many psychoeducational tests, test norms allow educators and psychologists obtain an age- or grade-referenced percentile rank, for example, in reading achievement.