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Discover LudwigThe phrase "affect means" is not correct in standard written English.
It is unclear and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its intended use.
Example: "In psychology, affect means the experience of feeling or emotion."
Alternatives: "affect refers to" or "affect signifies".
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An effect means an influence; to effect means to put into effect; to affect means either to influence or to fake.
As a verb, to affect means to influence, change, or act upon.
"Affect" means to influence or impact something, as in "the drizzle affected my hair".
But affect means to influence, as in "my friend's delay affected my plans," whereas effect is usually a noun meaning a result, as in "the effect was amazing".
As the other kids walked out the door, his stress ballooned because if we don't leave by a certain time (7 32), the domino affect means that our last drop-off will likely be tardy.
Ceiling effect can affect means, variances, reliabilities and validities of an instrument.
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Modeling results from this study show that harvesting frequency and structural retention significantly affect mean carbon storage.
Glacier size does not strongly affect mean specific mass balance, and this weak dependence is also shown in observations from the literature25.
In particular, whether or not recipes included acidic ingredients (wine or cider) did not affect mean lead concentration.
[ 62, 83] Failing to incorporate measurement bias did not affect mean estimates and cross-group comparisons.
The degree of renal impairment did not affect mean plasma linagliptin concentration-time profiles.
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