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FACTOR THEORY [14 records]

Record 1 2025-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
  • Political Science (General)
CONT

Political ideologies are sets of related beliefs about political theory and social policy. The main characteristic of political ideologies is that they have a unifying factor across all beliefs in this domain, and individuals identifying with a certain group have a vision of what an ideal society should be working towards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
CONT

L'idéologie politique est un ensemble d'idées et de croyances partagées sur la façon dont la société doit être organisée, structurée et gouvernée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

One of the theories stating that learning can be resolved into two or more fundamental processes or factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

An item response theory is a mathematical model which postulates that a studet’s level of ability together with the characteristics of the item predict the student’s response to an item.

CONT

An item response theory for personality and attitude scales : item analysis using restricted factor analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

Cet article décrit une application de la théorie de la réponse d'item a(base de données Pascal)

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

In simple collision theory the rate constant of a bimolecular reaction between A and B is expressed as k=PAB AAB e-E/RT where PAB, the steric factor, allows for the fact that, even when the energy requirements are satisfied, all collisions are not effective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

Dans la théorie des collisions simples, la constante de vitesse d'une réaction bimoléculaire entre A et B est exprimée par l'équation: k = PAB AAB e-E/RT dans laquelle PAB, le facteur stérique, permet de tenir compte du fait que, même lorsque les conditions énergétiques sont remplies, toutes les collisions ne sont pas nécessairement efficaces.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • factor-endowment theory
  • factor endowments theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • théorie de la dotation factorielle

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
CONT

In theory, thermal conductivity detection systems are based on two established principles :(1) Each gas has its own individual thermal energy transfer characteristic or transmission factor, and(2) metal filaments and thermistors(semiconductors of fused metal oxides) have fixed resistance-temperature relationships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

Explanation and description of personality and intelligence in terms of statistically derived hypothetical factors used on factor analysis of results of written and motor tests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Méthodes statistiques

Spanish

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Record 9 1982-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The theory which was developed in opposition to Spearman's two-factor theory.(...) Guilford in California, using the technique of factor-analysis, has broken down intellectual ability into over forty factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 10 1981-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

The theory that money is the principal factor in human motivation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 11 1981-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

In congruity theory, a correction factor dealing with the problem that people do not necessarily believe the assertion that associates 5 and 0.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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Record 12 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

John Bates Clark, a distinguished columbia University economist, provided a simplified theory of distribution around 1890. It can be applied to competitive price-and-wage determination when there are any number of goods and factor inputs, but it is most easily grasped if we concentrate on one total harvest output(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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Record 13 1981-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

Before summarizing the marginal-productivity theory of wages, let us appreciate J. B. Clark's advance over such classical economists as David Ricardo(...) Marginal productivities provide the clue to competitive pricing of factor inputs-of labor or of skilled and unskilled labor, of each grade of land(...), and of other inputs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 14 1979-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

(psychologie appliquée à l'analyse des professions) expression courante.

Spanish

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