Look up: deviance

1. Deviance
   [statistics] In statistics, deviance is a quality of fit statistic for a model that is often used for statistical hypothesis testing. Suppose in the framework of the GLM, we have two nested models, M1 and M2. In particular, suppose that M1 contains the parameters in M2, and k additional para...
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2. deviance
   being different in moral standards (from normal) 
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3. deviance
   deviance is a form of behaviour which is considered to violate society's norms and therefore to be unacceptable. Many critics of the media would argue that the apparent consensus as regards those norms is in part manufactured by the media by the process of labelling certain groups' or individuals' b...
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4. Deviance
   Modes of action which do not conform to the norms or values held by most of the members of a group or society. What is regarded as ‘deviant` is as widely variable as the norms and values that distinguish different cultures and subcultures from one another. Many forms of behaviour which are hig...
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5. Deviance
   the recognised violation of cultural norms
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6. deviance
   not merely behaviour that happens to violate a norm; it is behaviour that violates a norm to which the actor is oriented at the time Category: Man and society • a term proposed by M.G.Kendall to denote the sum of squares of observations about their mean.A measure proposed by Nelder & Wed...
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7. deviance
   Synonym for deviation ... 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. ... 2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. .....
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8. deviance
   (from the article `Becker, Howard S.`) ...shared understandings that people use to coordinate their activities` to dance musicians, marijuana users, and students. Becker`s most famous ... ...or conditions make it acceptable to break societal rules. The authors` second article, Juvenile Delinquency and Subterranean Values (1961), ar...
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9. deviance
   
   • an aberrant state or condition
   • deviate behavior
   
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10. Deviance
    Behavior outside a norm. Displaying gifted behaviors is, by this definition, deviance. See normal, social control.
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11. deviance
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dē′vē-ants Synonyms: deviation3
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12. deviance
    Abnormal behaviour; that is, behaviour that deviates from the norms or the laws of a society or group, and so invokes social sanctions, controls, or stigma. Deviance is a relative concept: what is considered deviant in some societies may be normal in others; in a particular society the same act (killing someone, for example) may be eith...
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13. Deviance
    [sociology] Deviance, in a sociological context, describes actions or behaviors that violate social norms, including formally-enacted rules (e.g., crime), as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores). It is the purview of sociologists, psychologists, ps...
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