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Dose–response relationship
A pattern in which the size of an outcome changes systematically with the amount, intensity or duration of an exposure or intervention. A dose–response gradient is one of several considerations that strengthen a causal interpretation, although it can also arise from confounding if the dose is not assigned at random. Relationships need not be linear: benefits may level off, or reverse beyond a certain amount. How one could reason about recording a catharsis-like change of state: signals, features, inference and context, baselines, self-report, error costs and ethics, and why every step stays uncertain. Nothing on this site measures anyone. Every public claim on this site with its type, evidence level, confidence, sources and review date, and an appraisal of each reference. How claims are graded, how art is kept apart from evidence, and how to report a problem. The works the definition rests on, with the level of evidence each was appraised at. (2019). The role of common factors in psychotherapy outcomes. doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050718-095424 Supports the claim that no common or specific factor yet meets the criteria for an empirically validated working mechanism, because mechanism research has been correlational. Narrative review; it does not question that psychotherapies are effective.Where the site uses it
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