Glossary F

Freedom of Information Act refers to an act recognizing the public's "right to know" information. This law assures the right of individuals to access their federal records. Most states have similar laws that assure access to state records.

Freedom to withdraw refers to experimenters' ethical obligation to allow their subjects to discontinue participation in the research project

French Method of Detective Work is defined as clandestine methods against political and criminal suspects by using informers

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French paradox refers to the fact that most people in France have a diet that is high in fat but still have lower rates of heart disease.

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Frenulum is defined as the fold of skin on the underside of the penis.

Frequency may be defined as the number of sound waves per second. In the case of a sound wave that repeats itself, such as the sine wave of a pure tone, Frequency is the number of times per second that the wave repeats itself.

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Frequency distribution is defined as a plot of the number of scores occurring for each score value or for two (2) or more limited ranges of score values. It is an organized display of a set of scores that shows how many scores are located in each category on the scale of measurement ; the systematic arrangement of scores on a measure to reflect how frequently each value on the measure occurred. Moreover, Frequency distribution is defined as a description of the number of times the various attributes of a variable are observed in a sample. The report that 60 percent of a sample were married and 40 percent were single, is a simple example of a Frequency distribution.

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Frequency method refers to a technique for converting observations into numerical scores that involves counting the instances of each specific behavior that occur during a fixed-time observation period, in behavioral observation