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  2. The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two - Wikipedia

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    The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two. " The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information " [ 1] is one of the most highly cited papers in psychology. [ 2][ 3][ 4] It was written by the cognitive psychologist George A. Miller of Harvard University 's Department of Psychology and published ...

  3. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Skunk or Skunk rule : A win that occurs when a team scores 7 points while the opposition has not scored. Similar to the mercy rule; Spalding: when the hitters hit the ball and it hits the opposing defensive team in the face or on their body. Spalding refers to the letters of the ball staying on the players face because it hit them so hard

  4. Volleyball variations - Wikipedia

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    Snow volleyball is a variant of beach volleyball that is played on snow. The rules are similar to the beach game, [1] with the main differences being the scoring system (best of 3 sets played to 15 points) and the number of players (three starters and one substitute). [2]

  5. 68–95–99.7 rule - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, the 68–95–99.7 rule, also known as the empirical rule, and sometimes abbreviated 3sr, is a shorthand used to remember the percentage of values that lie within an interval estimate in a normal distribution: approximately 68%, 95%, and 99.7% of the values lie within one, two, and three standard deviations of the mean, respectively.

  6. Volleyball - Wikipedia

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    The top of the net is 2.43 m (7 ft 11 + 11 ⁄ 16 in) above the center of the court for men's competition, and 2.24 m (7 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 16 in) for women's competition, varied for veterans and junior competitions. [3] The minimum height clearance for indoor volleyball courts is 7 m (23.0 ft), although a clearance of 8 m (26.2 ft) is recommended. [21]

  7. Miller's law - Wikipedia

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    In communication. Miller's law was formulated by George Armitage Miller (1920–2012), a professor of psychology at Princeton University, as part of his theory of communication. According to it, one should suspend judgment about what someone else is saying to first understand them without imbuing their message with personal interpretations.

  8. Sign (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Sign (mathematics) The plus and minus symbols are used to show the sign of a number. In mathematics, the sign of a real number is its property of being either positive, negative, or 0. Depending on local conventions, zero may be considered as having its own unique sign, having no sign, or having both positive and negative sign.

  9. Plus–minus (sports) - Wikipedia

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    In ice hockey, the plusminus measures a player's goal differential. When a team that is at even-strength or shorthanded scores a goal, all players on the ice on the scoring team will register a plus while all players on the conceding team on the ice will register a minus. When a goal is scored by a team on the power play, no plus or minus ...