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LOC

LOC

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The national library in Washington DC that holds books and old documents
  • proper noun
: Biblioteca del Congreso
  • In addition, these subjects completed three personality inventories: the O/P scale, the Nowicki and Duke (1974) LOC Scale, and the Zuckerman (1980) Sensation-Seeking Scale.
  • locus of control (LOC)
  • control (LOC)

Examples

  • The LOC provides access to millions of books, manuscripts, and other resources.

  • For the life satisfaction variable, the same variables (substituting subjective happiness as a predictor for life satisfaction) accounted for 57% of the variance, but LOC also made a significant independent contribution to this 57%.

    Academic text (2014)

  • At NYCCC, the Input/Output Control (LOC) Group is responsible for company-wide Accounts Payable processing and check printing.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The Locus of Control Scale (LOC; Rotter, 1966) was used to assess internal and external locus of control.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Rotter's locus of control (LOC) construct has been very useful in examining responses to stress in general (Cohen & Edwards, 1989).

    Academic text (1994)

  • Students can visit the LOC to explore various exhibitions on American history.

  • The LOC offers numerous online services, including digital collections and research assistance.

Surface Forms

LOC main

Etymology

LOC is an abbreviation for the Library of Congress, the United States' national 'library' that keeps many books and historical documents. So when you see LOC it usually means this big library where researchers go.