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Noun Concept
Categories: Error, Measurement, History of astronomy
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personal equation
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Variability attributable to individual differences WordNet 3.0
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Variability attributable to individual differences WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The term personal equation, in 19th- and early 20th-century science, referred to the idea that different observers have different reaction times, which can introduce bias when it comes to measurements and observations. Wikipedia
A concept in 19th- and early 20th-century science that each observer had an inherent bias when it came to measurements and observations Wikipedia Disambiguation
Any error common to all the observations of some individual; any tendency to error or prejudice due to the personal characteristics of some person for which allowance must be made. Wiktionary
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equation
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