APA Dictionary of Psychology
correction
- n.
- a quantity that is added, subtracted, or otherwise introduced to remove inaccuracy from a measure, calculation, or analysis. Corrections are made, for example, when the assumptions about data that accompany a statistical procedure do not correspond to the actual data being analyzed.
- in optometry, the rectification of visual defects that are due to refractive errors through the use of corrective lenses.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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