Glossary

Big team science

A research project in which researchers from around the world conduct the same study and pool their results.

Equity

Equity means the quality of being fair or impartial. In education, it is understood as presenting all scholars with the same opportunities, which sometimes requires making adjustments for their particular needs.

Privilege

Privilege is unearned access or advantage, which specific groups of people have because of their membership of a particular social group.

Sampling variation

The extent to which the data vary in different samples taken from the same population.