"demand characteristic" meaning in English

See demand characteristic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: demand characteristics [plural]
Etymology: From demand + characteristic. Etymology templates: {{m|en|demand}} demand, {{m|en|characteristic}} characteristic Head templates: {{en-noun}} demand characteristic (plural demand characteristics)
  1. (usually in the plural) An aspect of an experimental design that leads subjects to infer, and comply with, researcher expectations, thereby confounding the experimental results. Wikipedia link: Demand characteristics Tags: plural-normally
    Sense id: en-demand_characteristic-en-noun-pHBlsBqd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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