typicality
- noun
- /ˌtɪpɪˈkælɪti/
- The typicality of the results indicates that the findings reflect a standard case in the study.
- typicality of the scenario
Examples
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When assessing the typicality of a student's work, teachers often compare it to previous examples.
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Finally, we included various demographic questions including age, gender, year in school, ethnicity, self-perceptions of political conservatism (1 = very liberal, 10 = very conservative), and the typicality of the scenario (1 = this scenario is not typical at all, 10 = this scenario is very typical).
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The classical view provides no explanation of why members of a category vary in their typicality; all examples of a concept should be equally good.
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The prototype view accounts for the typicality effects, as a typical entity would be more similar to the prototype.
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An emphasis on similarity and typicality may be helpful in research determining how to modify teacher perceptions.
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What is the overall level of grammatical accuracy to be expected by 3-year-old children, and therefore, below which we would be concerned about the typicality of a child's language?
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Although in the analyses mentioned earlier we controlled for perceived typicality of the scenarios, the typicality ratings are interesting and offer another perspective on the subtle nature of contemporary prejudice.
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However, because each of the errors had been produced by children who were considered to be TD, even the least common errors could not be construed as qualitative differences that would trigger concern about the typicality of a child's language.
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The addition of atypical nondiagnostic information did not lead to less extreme judgments of guilt, leading them to conclude that dilution effects are due to typicality and not simply the nondiagnosticity of information.
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Researchers often measure the typicality of responses to understand how well they align with common perceptions.
Synonyms
The usual state when life returns to the expected routine
A time when things are usual and happen as expected
How well a small group shows the qualities of a larger group
The quality of being seen as normal in a group or society
The state of being ordinary and like a normal routine
Antonyms
How Typical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Typicality comes from typical, which in turn comes from an old Greek word typos meaning 'model' or 'type', and it shares the same root as the English word type. So typicality is about how much something is like the usual model or a clear example of a group.