The natural sciences are nomothetic, whereas the humanities are idiographic.
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Nomothetic
//ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk//
Synonyms for "nomothetic"
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6 translations across 5 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- nomoteettinen adj (Translations)
German
1 entries- nomothetisch adj (Translations)
Indonesian
2 entries- nomotetik adj (Translations)
- nomotetis adj (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- номотети́ческий adj (Translations)
Spanish
1 entries- nomotético adj (Translations)
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A focus on averaged risk effects, estimated across people, may occlude idiographic within-person processes which could aid in the precise detection of individual-level correlates of suicide. The present study focuses on new statistical models applied to intensive longitudinal data to quantify heterogeneity in within-person processes. Nomothetic approaches, such as multi-level models, are the most conventional method for identifying group-level suicide risk factors. These methods assume that effects apply equally across all individuals.
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