"Sometimes one answer will be 65 percent right, and the 'distracter' will be 60 percent right," one test designer explained. From Wordnik.com. [The Tests and the Brightest] Reference
An example of a "distracter": You feel out of control of certain elements of your life. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
In one of these experiments, participants 'eye movements were recorded as they read a story that included a few' distracter 'words that were unrelated to the story. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
June 15, 2009 at 11:15 am agreed! nao, distracter LCB!. From Wordnik.com. [Yeah – you were rite Pete - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
The Pastor Wright imbroglio is a distracter to the Bear Stearns meltdown. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Church: Pillorying Wright An Assault Upon African-American Culture] Reference
One, as a distracter to the American effort in Iraq which is obviously the main effort. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2003] Reference
Overt female sexuality in artwork holds no special interest for me, and is occasion a negative distracter. From Wordnik.com. [Queer] Reference
If I try to think of something to distract it, the music goes off but I have to keep thinking of the distracter. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Leo Rangell: Music in the Head: Living at the Brain-Mind Border; Part 2] Reference
But it is a distracter and continuing to go into certain areas where they have control, about 10 percent of the country is one estimate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2003] Reference
I had always wanted to know more about rocks and minerals, yet I had always regarded that as an unworthy thought sent by the great distracter. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
They talked about how parents have told them how children can be the great distracter, and can allow couples not to deal with issues between the two of them - they are busy with the kids!. From Wordnik.com. [>An interview with Laura Carroll, conducted by Carol Dominy. First published in BellaOnline.com.] Reference
The forces that we have train against those unconventional kinds of enemies just like we train against a conventional enemy, so I'm really not -- I don't feel that will be a distracter for us. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2003] Reference
Finally, you can introduce distractions in the form of distracter tasks. From Wordnik.com. [UXmatters] Reference
"MWR should never be the distracter that changes the focus of the mission.". From Wordnik.com. [Navy Times - News] Reference
Meanwhile a third man (far left), thought to be a professional distracter, engages the croupier in conversation. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
It can be subtle, an effective distracter from the real issues before us, the real challenges and problems we're trying to solve. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Introducing a distracter task involves instructing a participant to stop what they are doing, perform a prescribed action, then return to what they were originally doing. From Wordnik.com. [UXmatters] Reference
In contrast, no such association was found with the immediate or delayed recall tasks which involve recalling a shopping list of sixteen items without delay or following a distracter task with a one minute delay. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
It's Sunday morning, it's raining in Houston so I can't wash my car or ride my bike (good distracter things), no NASCAR (yes, I watch NASCAR, and F1, IRL, HHRA, or anything else where cars go fast …), and I'm a. From Wordnik.com. [The Mainframe Blog] Reference
The speaker reminded the Awara people that government may not come to the rescue or rehabilitate a community devastated by intra-communal or cult-related fracas as such are not natural distracter that attract government sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
Three different versions were used in each the long and the short condition of the experiment to exclude that by chance more distinctive faces were used as old items or new (distracter) items, thereby introducing a difference between these conditions. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
While distracter tasks do not consist of meaningful actions and need not mimic real-world situations, they are relatively easy to incorporate in a test scenario and give you an idea of how distractions can impact a user's interaction with your mobile app. From Wordnik.com. [UXmatters] Reference
Since there are now two sources (an auditory word and a visual word), there is no longer a notion of correctness, but trials will fall into three groups: those on which the auditory word is reported, those on which the visual word is reported, and those on which a different word (distracter) is reported. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
While there's no denying that this looks like to be a pretty useful tool (I'll tell you up front now, I've not used this app, but comparing the attention to detail involved with it to what I used to do boresighting an M1A1 tank, it looks like they've thought of everything), looking at how KAC has it mounted (on the LH side of an M110 receiver) it looks like a sensory distracter. From Wordnik.com. [Kit Up] Reference
'best' answer -- but the distracter would be best if the other were removed. From Wordnik.com. [The Tests and the Brightest] Reference
I’m te distracter and I will distract the decider until the detractors have subsided. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Watch out Rove.] Reference
Ms. Hallman said, “To have this distracter out there, about the boys’ crisis, took away from our mission, from pushing forward for what we were trying to achieve, which is to be a leader in dealing with the education crisis that affects girls and boys without many resources.”. From Wordnik.com. [More Debunking of the "Boys' Crisis"] Reference
Is it a major distracter?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2003] Reference
And so it is a distracter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2003] Reference
Money was a great distracter. From Wordnik.com. [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference
Her family problems are a distracter. From Wordnik.com. [White House ceremony to honor Zimbabwean women's rights activists] Reference
Oh, patriotism was a mighty distracter. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Talavera: Bridging the 77 Day Chasm] Reference
It was no longer an attention-distracter. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
Great distracter!. From Wordnik.com. [Annoying Intro (copy)] Reference
Beck is a rodeo clown; a professional distracter. From Wordnik.com. [Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire] Reference
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