quasistructured

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adjective

Partially structured; having both structured and free-form elements.

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Meanings

adjectivequasistructured (comparative more quasistructured, superlative most quasistructured)

comparative more quasistructured · superlative most quasistructured

  1. Partially structured; having both structured and free-form elements.

    Data were obtained from these 12-month-old subjects while they interacted with their mothers in a quasistructured play situation.

    1988, Human Communication and Its Disorders: A Review - Volume 2, page 7
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    As a planning method, it is both systematic and quasistructured, in which particular individuals are incorporated at specific stages in a seven-step sequence.

    1982, Shirley A. Olsen, Group Planning and Problem-Solving Methods in Engineering Management

    To measure the TABP, Rosenman and Friedman developed a quasistructured interview (SI) in which questions are asked about the respondent's hard-driving behavior, status concerns, accomplishments, speed of activity, impatience, anger frequency, and expression, and the like (Rosenman, 1978).

    1985, Tiffany Field, Philip M. McCabe, Neil Schneiderman, Stress and Coping - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 225

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