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Nomothetic
Nomothetic refers to an approach to explanation in which people seek to identify a few causal factors that generally impact a class of conditions or events. Imagine the 2 or 3 key factors that determine which colleges students choose, such as proximity, reputation, and so forth.
By contrast, please see Idiographic.
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