Alternative form of measurement problem

plural of file-drawer problem

(statistics) The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

plural of first world problem

The problem of finding a stable matching between two equal-sized sets of elements, given an ordering of preferences for each element.

plural of stable marriage problem

(mathematics) A problem in combinatorics, in which 15 schoolgirls go walking three abreast for seven days in succession, and must be arranged so that no two walk abreast more than once.

(psychology) The phenomenon of autistic and nonautistic people mutually failing to understand each other due to cognitive differences in expressing and processing emotion.

(quantum mechanics) The general name for a vast category of physical problems pertaining to the properties of microscopic systems made of many interacting particles.

The problem that a person or entity serving as an agent for another, and able to make decisions on the other's behalf, may be motivated instead to make decisions that benefit themselves.