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Even the smallest and subtlest and most unexpected of factors can affect the way we act.†
Chpt 1

factors = things that affect a result or outcome
One big factor is that Bacon is a lot younger than most of them and as a result has made fewer movies.†
Chpt 2 *

factor = thing that affects a result or outcome
The waning of the crack cocaine epidemic in New York was clearly a factor, but then again, it had been in steady decline well before crime dipped.†
Chpt 4
In fact, neither of those factors made any difference.†
Chpt 4

factors = things that affect a result or outcome
Probably genetic factors.†
Chpt 7
These three agents of change I call the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, and the Power of Context.†
Chpt 1
The Stickiness Factor says that there are specific ways of making a contagious message memorable; there are relatively simple changes in the presentation and structuring of information that can make a big difference in how much of an impact it makes.†
Chpt 1
It isn't just prosaic factors like the weather that influence behavior.†
Chpt 1
What they found, surprisingly, was that the one factor above all else that predicted helping behavior was how many witnesses there were to the event.†
Chpt 1
The three rules of the Tipping Point — the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, the Power of Context — offer a way of making sense of epidemics.†
Chpt 1
The Stickiness Factor SESAME STREET, BLUE'S CLUES, AND THE EDUCATIONAL VIRUS.†
Chpt 3
The creators of Sesame Street accomplished something extraordinary, and the story of how they did that is a marvelous illustration of the second of the rules of the Tipping Point, the Stickiness Factor.†
Chpt 3
The Law of the Few, which I talked about in the previous chapter, says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger.†
Chpt 3
If we didn't know about the Stickiness Factor, we probably would conclude that something was wrong with the way the booklet explained tetanus to the students.†
Chpt 3
But the Stickiness Factor suggests something quite different.†
Chpt 3
Sherman took the paw THE STICKINESS FACTOR print and moved it toward Walker and Anna, wiggling it as she did.†
Chpt 3
In the 1960s, liberals made a similar kind of argument, but when they talked about the importance of environment they were talking about the importance of fundamental social factors: crime, they said, was the result of social injustice, of structural economic inequities, of unemployment, of racism, of decades of institutional and social neglect, so that if you wanted to stop crime you had to undertake some fairly heroic steps.†
Chpt 4
In recent years, for example, there has been much interest in the idea that one of the most fundamental factors in explaining personality is birth order: older siblings are domineering and conservative, younger siblings more creative and rebellious.†
Chpt 4
That is the Stickiness Factor.†
Chpt 4
But there is a third, less obvious, factor here, which has to do with the last of the principles of epidemics.†
Chpt 5
The Rule of 150 suggests that the size of a group is another one of those subtle contextual factors that can make a big difference.†
Chpt 5
It is also a very good illustration of the Stickiness Factor.†
Chpt 7
It is important to put these two stickiness factors in perspective.†
Chpt 7

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(1) (factor as in: It was the deciding factor.)
something that affects a result or outcome

You also may encounter x-factor or x factor--meaning "the most important thing that influences a result or outcome."
(2) (factor as in: factor it into your thinking)
include consideration of
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
There are many specialized meanings in fields such as mathematics, business, finance, biology, and grammar.

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