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a priori 

AARP (AARP; aarp)

Abduction (Abduction; abduct)

AC 

accelerated testing method 

accessibility 

acclimatization 

acculturation 

ach (ach; air changes per hour)

achromatic 

acid (acid; acidic)

acoustic rhinometry 

acoustic (acoustic; acoustics; acoustical features; acoustical systems)

Activities for Daily Living (Activities for Daily Living; ADL)

acuity 

ad hoc 

Adduction (Adduction; adduct)

aesthetic (aesthetic; aesthetics)

age-related macular degeneration (age-related macular degeneration; AMD; macular degeneration)

aging in place (aging in place; age in place; aging-in-place; age-in-place)

air space (air space; airspace; air rights)

alkali (alkali; alkaline)

alpha coefficients (alpha coefficients; alpha coefficient; alpha values)

altitude 

alveolitis 

Alzheimer's disease 

ambience 

ambient (ambient; ambient sound; ambient noise)

Americans with Disabilities Act (Americans with Disabilities Act; ADA)

anagram (anagram; anagrams; Anagrams)

analysis of covariance (analysis of covariance; ANCOVA; covariate; covariates)

analysis of variance (analysis of variance; ANOVA; ANOVAS)

analytic 

angle of incidence 

annual effective dose equivalent (annual effective dose equivalent; annual effective dose; effective dose)

anterior-superior iliac spine 

anthropometric (anthropometric; anthropometrics)

apneic episodes 

appropriate technology 

arable 

architectural elements (architectural elements;architectural features)

Articulation Class (Articulation Class; AC)

artifact (artifact; artifacts)

ascending hierarchical cluster (ascending hierarchical cluster; AHC)

ASHRAE 

assisted living facilities 

assistive device (assistive device; assistive devices)

assymmetry (assymmetry; asymmetry)

athetoid 

atopy 

atrium 

Attention Deficit Disorder (Attention Deficit Disorder; ADD)

attributable fraction J (attributable fraction J; attributable fraction)

autism 

automated people mover (automated people mover; APM; automated people movers)

autoregressive 

axial coding 

axonometric 

azimuth 

back extension 

Backward-elimination (Backward-elimination; backward-elimination)

ballast (ballast; high frequency ballasts; conventional ballast)

Barlett's Test of Sphericity (Barlett's Test of Sphericity; Barlett's test of sphericity)

base case (base case; basecase)

basic activities of daily living 

beam illuminance (beam illuminance; beam irradiance)

bed ladder (bed ladder; bed ladders)

behavior mapping (behavior mapping; behavioral mapping; behavior map)

between-subjects design (between-subjects design; between-subjects)

bilateral (bilateral; bilaterally)

binary contrast 

binomial distribution analysis 

bioclimatic, biocompatible 

biodiverse 

biofuels (biofuels; biofuel)

biome (biome; biomes)

biomechanical strain 

biomechanics (biomechanics; biomechanical)

bivariate analyses (bivariate analyses; bivariate analysis)

blind (blind; blinded)

body mass index (body mass index; BMI)

Bonferroni, Bonferroni Adjustment 

boroscope (boroscope; borescope)

box plot (box plot; box plots; Box plots)

branding 

brightness 

brownfield (brownfield; brownfields)

bulb-out 

buttock popliteal length 

canonical correlation (canonical correlation; canonical correlations)

carbon sink 

cardinal directions (cardinal directions; cardinal direction)

carding 

carpal tunnel syndrome 

case study (case study; case studies)

cataracts (cataracts; Cataracts)

catecholamines 

cathode (cathode; cathodes)

causal (causal; causation; causal relationship; causality)

ceiling attenuation class (ceiling attenuation class; CAC)

cellulosic (cellulosic; cellulosic fibers)

Celsius (Celsius; C)

census block (census block; census blocks)

centimeter (centimeter; cm)

cerebral palsy 

cervical 

cfu (cfu; colony forming unit)

char 

chert 

Chhi 

chi 

chi-square (chi-square; chi-square analysis; chi-square test; chi-square analyses; x2)

chroma (chroma; chromatic)

chromatic flicker 

chromaticity 

CIE chromticity diagram 

CIELAB (CIELAB; CIELAB values;)

circadian rhythms (circadian rhythms; circadian)

circulation (circulation; circulation paths; circulation pathways)

clinical dashboard (clinical dashboard; clinical dashboards)

closed-loop system 

cluster analysis 

cluster development 

cluster sample 

CMYK 

Cochran Q test (Cochran Q test; Cochran test; McNemar's test)

coded (coded; coding)

coder (coder; coders)

coefficient of determination (coefficient of determination; coefficient of multiple determination)

coefficient of skewness 

coefficient of variation (coefficient of variation; coefficient of variations)

cognitive 

Cohen's (Cohen's; Cohen's d)

cohort study 

colinearity diagnostics (colinearity diagnostics; collinearity diagnostics; multicolinearity; colinearity; multicollinearity)

color memory 

color palettes 

color rendering index (color rendering index; CRI)

color temperature (color temperature; CT)

comparative (comparative; comparative analysis; comparative study)

computational fluid dynamics (computational fluid dynamics; CFD)

computer model (computer model; computer models; computer simulation; computer simulations)

conductive yarns 

confidence interval (confidence interval; confidence intervals)

confound (confound; confounds)

confounding 

confounding variable (confounding variable; confounding variables; confounding effects)

congruence framework 

conjoint analysis 

conjunctivitis 

construct (construct; constructs)

Consumer Expenditure Survey 

content analysis 

continuing care retirement community (continuing care retirement community; CCRC)

continuous variable 

control group 

control variable (control variable; control variables)

convenience sample (convenience sample; convenience sampling; selected by convenience; convenience)

cool white light 

cornice (cornice; cornices)

correlated color temperature (correlated color temperature; CCT)

correlation coefficient (correlation coefficient; correlation coefficients)

correlation matrix 

correlation (correlation; correlations; negative correlation; positive correlation; zero correlation;)

correlational analysis 

correspondence analysis 

covary (covary; covariation)

Cox's proportional hazards model (Cox's proportional hazards model; proportional hazards)

Cramer's Phi (Cramer's Phi; Cramer's phi)

Cramer's V 

critical regionalism (critical regionalism; Critical regionalism)

Cronbach's alpha (Cronbach's alpha; Cronbach's alphas; Chronbach's alpha; Chronbach's alphas; Cronbach's values; Chronbach's values;)

cross tab procedures 

cross-sectional 

cross-tabulation (cross-tabulation; cross-tabulations; cross-tabulated; cross-tabulate)

cue utilization theory 

curtain walls (curtain walls; curtain wall)

cyanosis (cyanosis; cyanotic)

dampening effect 

data 

decibel (decibel; dBA; dB)

decision study (decision study; decision studies; d-study; d-studies)

decor 

dedicated space 

deficiency citation (deficiency citation; deficiency citations; Deficiency citation; Deficiency citations)

degree-day (degree-day; degree-days)

delta waves 

dementia 

demographic (demographic; demographics; demographic characteristics)

density bonus 

descriptive statistics (descriptive statistics; descriptive)

destination coded vehicle (destination coded vehicle; DCV)

dichotomous (dichotomous; dichotomous variable; dichotomous data)

differential equations 

diffuse horizontal (diffuse horizontal; diffuse horizontal illuminance)

discrete choice model (discrete choice model; discrete choice models)

discriminant analysis 

displacement ventilation (displacement ventilation; DV)

divot (divot; divots)

double-loaded corridor 

double-skin building system (double-skin building system; double-skin; double-skinned; double-skin envelope)

dummy variable (dummy variable; dummy variables)

Duncan's test (Duncan's test; Duncan's new multiple range test)

Dunnett's test (Dunnett's test; Dunnett's)

dynamic chairs 

dynamic extraction (dynamic extraction; patch dynamic extraction)

echo-boomer population (echo-boomer population; echo-boomers; echo-boomer populations)

eco-design 

ecological footprint 

ecotourism 

EEG (EEG; electroencephalogram)

Effect size analyses (Effect size analyses; effect size analysis)

egress (egress; egress width)

Electrogoniometer 

electromyographic evaluation (electromyographic evaluation; electromyogram; EMG; electromyography)

embodied energy 

empirical 

end effect (end effect; end effects)

endotoxin 

environmental cognition 

enzyme (enzyme; enzymatic)

EOG (EOG; electro-oculography)

epidemiologic (epidemiologic; epidemiology; epidemiological)

Erector spinae muscles 

ergonomic 

escape 

estradiol 

ethic of care theory 

ethnographic 

ethnohistoric 

evapotranspiration 

expectancy bias 

experiment (experiment; experiments; experimentation)

experimental group (experimental group; treatment group)

exploratory 

Extension 

exurbanites 

facade 

factor analysis program (factor analysis program; metric factor analysis program)

factor analysis (factor analysis; principal component factor analysis)

falls efficacy (falls efficacy; falls efficacy scale)

Febrile 

feng shui 

fiber elasticity 

fibrogram 

field research (field research; field observations; field study; field studies)

field test (field test; field testing)

filial piety 

Fisher's exact test (Fisher's exact test; Fisher's exact probability test; Fisher Exact Test; Fisher Exact Probability Test; Fisher's PLSD; Fisher's Protected Least Significant Difference)

fixed furniture 

flame retardant 

flash point 

Flexion 

flexion/extension 

Flextime 

floor area ratio 

fluorescent light 

fly ash 

focus group 

footcandle (footcandle; footcandles)

foundation 

fractal analysis 

frequencies (frequencies; frequency)

frequency distribution (frequency distribution; frequency distributions; Frequency distributions)

frictional energy 

Friedman's rank test (Friedman's rank test; Friedman two-way analysis of variance; Friedman's two-way analysis of variance by rank; Friedman tests)

F-sort (F-sort; F-sorting)

F-test (F-test; f-test)

full spectrum (full spectrum; full-spectrum)

g/kg 

gamma ray 

gas chromatography 

gaumut area (gaumut area; Gamut Area)

generalizability theory (generalizability theory; g-theory)

generalizable (generalizable; generalizabilty)

Generalized Estimating Equations (Generalized Estimating Equations; generalized estimating equations; generalized estimating equation)

gentrification 

geomorphological deposit types (geomorphological deposit types; geomorphological deposit; geomorphological deposits; geomorphological types)

gerontology (gerontology; gerontological)

gigajoule (gigajoule; gj)

GIS (GIS; geographic information systems; geographic information system)

glaucoma (glaucoma; Glaucoma)

glazing 

global irradiance (global irradiance; global illumination)

gravimetrically (gravimetrically; gravimetric; gravimetrics)

gravitational settling 

gray water (gray water; grey water; gray water recycling; grey water recycling)

green space (green space; green areas)

greenfield (greenfield; greenfields)

greenhouse gas 

greenway (greenway; greenways)

Grounded Theory 

Halo effect 

haptic perception 

Hawthorne effect 

Hawthorne effects 

heat island 

heating load 

hectare (hectare; hectares)

hedonic (hedonic; hedonic price assessment; hedonic price models; hedonic valuation models; hedonic value )

HEPA filters (HEPA filters; HEPA filter;)

hermeneutics 

heterozygotic (heterozygotic; heterozygous)

hierarchical non-linear model 

hierarchical regression (hierarchical regression; multilevel regression; hierarchal stepwise regressions)

homozygotic (homozygotic; homozygous)

horizontal illuminance 

hue (hue; hues)

human subjects protocol 

HVAC (HVAC; Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning; heating ventilation air conditioning)

hypermarket (hypermarket; hypermarkets)

hypomania (hypomania; hypomanic)

hypothesis (hypothesis; hypotheses)

hysteresis 

Hz (Hz; Hertz)

Iconic 

illuminance 

illumination 

image analysis 

immunocompetency 

incandescent light 

incidence 

incidence matrix 

incident light (incident light; incident lighting)

indoor air quality (indoor air quality; IAQ)

indoor environmental quality (indoor environmental quality; IEQ)

inferential statistics 

infrastructure 

Instrumental Activities for Daily Living (Instrumental Activities for Daily Living; IADL)

interaction 

intercept survey 

inter-rater reliability (inter-rater reliability; inter-observer reliability)

interstitial disks 

interview (interview; interviews)

irradiance (irradiance; irradiant energy)

ISO 14001 

isogram (isogram; isograms)

isolux contours (isolux contours; isolux contour)

isothermal 

iterative algorithm 

justified graph 

Kaplan-Meier (Kaplan-Meier; Kaplan-Meier estimator; Kaplan-Meier method)

Kappa statistics (Kappa statistics; kappa statistics; kappa statistic; Kappa statistic)

Kelvin (Kelvin; Kelvin degrees; K)

kenaf 

Kendal rank correlation (Kendal rank correlation; Kendal rank correlations)

kinematics (kinematics; kinematic)

kinetic 

Kish grid (Kish grid; Kish's grid; Kish's roh)

klux (klux; Klux)

km 

K-means cluster analysis (K-means cluster analysis; K-means clusters analysis; K-Means cluster analysis; k means cluster analysis; K means cluster analysis)

knee extensor 

Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests (Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests; Kolmogorov-Smirnov test; Kolmogorov-Smirnov one-sample test; Kolmogorov-Smirnov one-sample tests)

Kruskal-Wallis tests (Kruskal-Wallis tests; Kruskal-Wallis test; Kruskal-Wallis; Kruskal-wallis; Kruskal Wallis test; Kruskal Wallis Test; Kruskal-Wallis Test; Kruskal-Wallis Tests)

K-S Lilliefors test (K-S Lilliefors test; K-S Lilliefors tests)

Kurtosis (Kurtosis; kurtosis)

kW 

kyphosis 

L*, L* 

L, liter 

lamp (lamp; lamps)

landmark (landmark; landmarks)

landscape ecology 

latent roots (latent roots; latent root)

lavage biomarkers (lavage biomarkers; Lavage biomarkers)

layout (layout; layouts)

Least Significant Difference (Least Significant Difference; least significant difference; LSD)

least squares difference test (least squares difference test; least squares estimator; least squares estimate; least squares regression; ordinary least squares regression; least squares method; ordinary least squares (OLS) regression; OLS; OLS regression equations; Least squares linear regression)

Levene's Test (Levene's Test; Levene's Test for the Equality of Equal Variances)

lignocellulosic (lignocellulosic; lignocellulose)

Likelihood ratio tests 

Likert scale (Likert scale; Likert scales; Likert-type scale)

literature search 

location efficient mortgage 

log transformation 

logistic regression model (logistic regression model; logistic regression equation; logistic regressions)

longitudinal panel 

longitudinal (longitudinal; longitudinal data)

lordosis 

lower extremity (lower extremity; lower extremities)

LSD test (LSD test; protected t test)

LULU 

Lumbar 

lumbar flexion 

lumen (lumen; lm)

luminaire (luminaire; luminaires)

luminance 

luminance flux (luminance flux; luminous flux)

luminous contrast 

lux 

m (m; M)

macular degeneration 

magnetic field exposure (magnetic field exposure; magnetic field exposures)

main effects 

mammogram (mammogram; mammography)

Mann-Whitney U test (Mann-Whitney U test; Mann-Whitney U; Mann-Whitney test; Mann-Whitney U-tests; Mann-Whitney U-test; Mann-Whitney tests; Mann Whitney U-tests)

Mantel-Haenszel 

mapping abilities 

Markov chain model (Markov chain model; Markov chain models)

master plan 

matrix (matrix; matrices; matrixes)

MDS (MDS; multidimensional scaling)

mean rank (mean rank; Mean rank)

mean (mean; means)

Mean-squared (Mean-squared; mean-squared; mean square; mean squared; Mean square)

mechanical systems 

median (median; medians)

mediation model (mediation model; Mediation; mediation)

meta-analysis 

metropolitan statistical area (metropolitan statistical area; metropolitan statistical areas; MSA; MSAs)

micro-slatted glazing 

mid-sagittal plane 

mirador 

mixing ventilation (mixing ventilation; MV)

mL (mL; mililter)

mm (mm; MM)

mobility aids 

mobility intention 

mock-up 

Moderator-variable regression (Moderator-variable regression; moderator-variable regression; moderator variable regression; Moderator variable regression)

moneky bar (moneky bar; monkey bars)

multidimensional scaling (multidimensional scaling; multi-dimensional scaling)

multi-item scales (multi-item scales; multi-item scale; multi item scale)

multilevel hierarchical linear modeling (multilevel hierarchical linear modeling; multilevel, hierarchical linear modeling; multilevel hierarchical linear model)

multinominial (multinominial; multinominal)

multiple linear regression (multiple linear regression; multiple linear regressions; Linear regression)

multiple range test (multiple range test; multiple range tests)

multiple regression (multiple regression; multiple regression analysis)

multiple-occupancy 

multivariate analysis of variance (multivariate analysis of variance; MANOVA; MANOVAs)

multivariate repeated measures analysis of variance 

multivariate (multivariate; multivariate statistical analysis; multivariate analyses; multivariate analysis)

Munsell Color System 

musculoskeletal 

musculoskeletal injury 

mystery 

nadir (nadir; nadir illumninance)

naturalistic observation (naturalistic observation; Naturalistic Observation; Naturalistic field research)

nebulosity index 

Needleman scale (Needleman scale; Needleman Scale)

needlepunching (needlepunching; needle punch)

neonatal intensive care unit (neonatal intensive care unit; neonatal intensive care units)

New Urbanism (New Urbanism; New Urbanist; New Urban)

Newman-Keuls (Newman-Keuls; Neuman-Kuels)

NIMBY 

nm (nm; nanometer; nanometers)

noise reduction coefficient (noise reduction coefficient; NRC)

nominal group consensus 

nominal (nominal; nominal variables; categorical; categorical variables; categorical data)

Non cut-off (Non cut-off; non cut-off)

nonlinear least squares fitting analysis 

nonparametric (nonparametric; non-parametric)

non-random sample (non-random sample; non-randomized sample)

norepinephrine 

normality tests (normality tests; normality test)

Nosocomial 

null-condition test (null-condition test; null-condition testing)

observation (observation; behavioral observations; observational; observations)

occupancy 

occupancy loads (occupancy loads; occupant load)

ocular 

odds ratio (odds ratio; odds ratios)

olf 

one-tailed (one-tailed; one-tail)

one-way ANOVA 

open coding 

open plan 

open-graded pavement 

open-loop system 

operational energy 

operationalized (operationalized; operationalizing)

ordered probit regression analysis 

ordinal data (ordinal data; ordinal-scaled)

ordinal logit models 

orthogonal 

overhead mechanical lift 

ozone 

p.p.m. 

Pa (Pa; Pascal; pascal)

Paired comparisons (Paired comparisons; paired comparison; pairwise comparison; pairwise comparison)

paired sample (paired sample; paired two-sample)

pairwise 

parametric (parametric; parametric techniques)

parcel map (parcel map; parcel maps)

parcel (parcel; parcels)

partial correlations 

participant-observer 

Participatory Action Research (Participatory Action Research; PAR)

particulate matter 

partition (partition; partitions)

Parts per million (Parts per million; ppm)

patch 

path analysis 

pathogen (pathogen; pathogens; Pathogen; Pathogens)

PDA (PDA; personal digital assistant)

Pearson product-moment (Pearson product-moment; Pearson's product moment; Pearson's correlation; Pearson's correlations; Pearson r correlations; Pearson's; Pearson; Pearson's product-moment correlations)

pelmet, pelmets 

peri-urban 

permeability 

personalization 

person-years (person-years; person-year)

phenomenological (phenomenological; phenomenology)

photokeratisis 

photopigment (photopigment; photopigments)

photosensitivity 

phototendering 

phthalates 

physiological (physiological; physiologic; physiology)

pictograph (pictograph; pictographs)

pile density 

pile weight 

pilling (pilling; pill)

pilot study 

place attachment 

place identity (place identity; identity of place)

ply twist 

PM-10 (PM-10; PM10)

PM-2.5 (PM-2.5; PM2.5)

Poisson regression (Poisson regression; Poisson regressions)

polarized lighting (polarized lighting; polarized light)

polychotomous regression analysis 

polychotomous (polychotomous; Polychotomous)

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; PAH; PAHs)

polypropylene fibers 

pooled 

popliteal height 

population 

positional awareness 

post facto 

post hoc comparisons (post hoc comparisons; post-hoc comparisons; post hoc analysis; multiple comparison tests; post hoc multiple comparisons; Duncan tests; post-hoc analysis)

post hoc (post hoc; post-hoc)

postconsumer fibers 

post-occupancy evaluation (post-occupancy evaluation; POE; post occupancy evaluation)

post-transactional 

ppt 

Prais-Winsten estimates (Prais-Winsten estimates; Yule-Walker estimates)

predicted mean vote (predicted mean vote; PMV)

predicted percent dissatisfied (predicted percent dissatisfied; predicted percentage dissatisfied; PPD)

prevalence 

principal axis factoring (principal axis factoring; principle-axis factoring)

principal components 

principal components analysis 

principal components analysis (principal components analysis; principal component analyses; principal components analyses; principal component analysis; principle-component factor analysis; principal components factor analysis)

principal investigator 

prismatic lens 

privacy index (privacy index; PI)

private zones (private zones; private spaces)

programming 

pronation/supination 

Pronation (Pronation; pronate)

prospect 

prospective study (prospective study; prospective studies)

psychoactive drugs 

psychometric (psychometric; psychometrics; pscyhometrical)

psychophysical scaling 

psycho-physiological 

psychosocial (psychosocial; psychosocially)

psychrometric 

pulmonary 

p-value (p-value; p-values)

PVC (PVC; pvc)

Q-sort (Q-sort; Q-sorting)

quadriplegia 

qualitative (qualitative; qualitative study; qualitative analysis; qualitative data; qualitatively)

quantitative 

quantitative instrument 

quartile (quartile; quartiles; Quartile; Quartiles)

quasi- 

quasi-experimental design (quasi-experimental design; quasi-experimental)

questionnaire (questionnaire; questionnaires)

quota sample (quota sample; quota sampling; quota sampled; quota)

radial 

radial/ulnar 

radius 

radon 

random sample (random sample; randomly selected; random sampling)

random (random; randomly)

raw data 

reach excursion 

recovery limb 

referenced position paper 

refuge 

regression analysis (regression analysis; logistic regression; logistical regression; logistic regressions; logit model; logistic procedures)

regression coefficients (regression coefficients; regression coefficient)

regression (regression; regressions)

relative humidity (relative humidity; RH)

reliability 

reliable data 

Repeated ANOVA (Repeated ANOVA; repeated ANOVA)

repeated measures (repeated measures; repeated measure)

repetitive strain injury (repetitive strain injury; repetitive stress injury; repetitive motion injury)

representative 

residential density 

residuals (residuals; residual analysis)

response rate 

response variance 

resuspension 

review of literature 

rhinitis 

RIBA 

robust (robust; robustness)

R-value 

sagitally (sagitally; sagital)

salinity 

salutogenic 

sample 

sample selection (sample selection; sampling method; sampling procedure; sampling)

sample size 

sampling error 

saturation 

scale 

Scapular 

Scheffe post hoc (Scheffe post hoc; Scheffe tests; Scheffe test; Scheffe's S Test)

schema 

schematic design 

schizophrenia 

scoliosis 

scree plot criterion (scree plot criterion; scree plot criteria)

seat pan (seat pan; seatpan; seat pans; seatpans)

secondary data 

secondary source (secondary source; secondary sources)

selection bias 

selective coding 

self-report (self-report; self-reported)

semantic differential scale (semantic differential scale; semantic differential scales)

Semi cut-off (Semi cut-off; semi cut-off)

sense of place 

sensitivity analysis (sensitivity analysis; sensitivity analyses)

Shapiro-Wilk W test 

shop-vac (shop-vac; wet/dry vacuum)

sick building syndrome (sick building syndrome; SBS)

side light (side light; sidelights)

sign test 

signage 

simple contrast 

sinusoidal magnetic fields (sinusoidal magnetic fields; sinusoidal magnetic field)

skein (skein; skeins)

smart helpers (smart helpers; smart products)

smart spaces (smart spaces; smart environments)

snowball sample (snowball sample; snowball sampling)

social capital 

social spaces 

sociocultural 

sociodemographic (sociodemographic; sociodemographics)

socioeconomic (socioeconomic; socioeconomic; SES)

Somatic (Somatic; somatization)

sorbent 

sorption 

sound transmission class (sound transmission class; STC)

space planning 

space syntax 

spastic diplegia 

spatial ability 

spatial perception 

Spearman rank correlations (Spearman rank correlations; Spearman's rho; Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient; Spearman's; SCC; Spearman's correlation; Spearman correlation coefficients)

spectral power distribution (spectral power distribution; SPD)

spectrum 

spirometry 

split-system (split-system; split system)

stack effect 

standard deviation (standard deviation; standard deviations)

standard error (standard error; standard errors)

standardized questionnaire 

Statistical Analysis System (Statistical Analysis System; SAS)

statistical test 

stepwise multiple regression (stepwise multiple regression; stepwise regression; step-down regression; stepwise logistic regression)

stratified random sample 

stratified (stratified; stratified sample; stratified sampling)

stroboscope (stroboscope; stroboscopic)

structural characteristics 

Student's t-test (Student's t-test; student's t-tests; student's t-test)

subgroups 

subject (subject; subjects)

summary scale 

sunlight scatter 

Supination (Supination; supine)

support limb loading 

suprasternale 

survey (survey; survey techniques; surveyed)

sustainable 

symbolic meaning 

symmetry (symmetry; symmetrical)

T8 lamps 

task lighting 

telecommuting (telecommuting; telecommuters)

temporal 

tendon force 

tensile strength 

territoriality 

thematic mapping (thematic mapping; thematic maps; thematic map)

theory 

thermal degradation 

thermocouple (thermocouple; thermocouples)

thoracic spine 

time-series 

time-series analyis 

Tobit modeling 

toluene 

topological 

total vertical illuminance (total vertical illuminance; vertical illuminance)

tracer gas 

transfer of development rights (transfer of development rights; TDR)

Transit oriented development (Transit oriented development; transit oriented developments; TOD; TODs)

transparent insulation 

triangulation 

Trompe-l'œil (Trompe-l'œil; trompe l’oeil; Trompe l'œil; trompe-l’oeil)

trope 

t-test (t-test; t-tests; t-tests; t-test; non-parametric one-tailed Page test)

Tukey B test (Tukey B test; Tukey-B test; Tukey B tests)

Tukey (Tukey; Tukey comparisons; Tukey's test; Tukey multiple comparison test; Tukey contrasts; Tukey's Honestly Significant Difference; HSD)

Turbid (Turbid; turbidity; turbidness)

T-values (T-values; t-values; t-value)

two- and three-factor repeated measures analysis of variance 

two-sample tests (two-sample tests; two-sample t test; two-sample t tests)

two-tailed tests (two-tailed tests; two-tailed test)

two-way analysis of variance (two-way analysis of variance; two-way ANOVA; two factor analysis of variance)

Type A 

Type B  

type foundry 

Type I error (Type I error; Type II error; Type II; Type I and II; type I error; type II error; Type I and II errors)

UK (UK; U.K.; United Kingdom; Britain; (UK); (U.K.))

Ulnar (Ulnar; ulna)

ultrasound energy 

ultraviolet light (ultraviolet light; UV; UV radiation)

uncertain data 

underfloor ventilation system (underfloor ventilation system; underfloor ventilation systems)

univariate analysis (univariate analysis; Univariate; Univariate analysis)

universal design 

Utility models (Utility models; utility; utility analysis)

UV filtered 

validity 

value (value;)

variable (variable; variables; indicators; independent variables; dependent variables)

varimax rotation (varimax rotation; varimax rotations)

Vestibular 

virtual environments (virtual environments; Virtual environment; Virtual environments; virtual reality; virtual realities; Virtual reality; Virtual realities)

visitability 

visual acuity 

visual analog scale 

visual cue 

volatile organic compounds (volatile organic compounds; volatile organic compound; VOCs; VOC)

volt (volt; V)

volunteer bias 

W (W; Watt; Watts)

wandering 

Ward's hierarchical clustering method 

warm white light 

warp 

watershed (watershed; watersheds)

wavelength, wavelengths 

wayfinding 

weft 

white light 

white noise 

Wilcoxan signed-rank test (Wilcoxan signed-rank test; Wilcox signed rank test; Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test; Wilcox matched pairs; Wilcoxon signed rank test; Wilcoxon matched pairs; Wilcoxon test; Wilcoxon rank sum)

Wilk's lambda (Wilk's lambda; Wilks's lambda)

within-subject contrasts 

within-subjects design (within-subjects design; within-subjects)

wrist acceleration 

yarn joint 

yarn tails (yarn tails; yarn tail)

z-prime transformations (z-prime transformations; z transformation; z-transformation; z transformations; z-transformations)

z-scores (z-scores; standard score)

z-test (z-test; z-tests)

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