Sentences with phrase «association of statisticians»

The county - level data was acquired from the U.S. Census, the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and consisted of three sets of factors.

Richard John Neuhaus notes that the decennial study of church membership conducted by the Glenmary Research Center and sponsored by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies has confirmed the phenomenon highlighted in Dean Kelley's 1972 Why Conservative Churches Are Growing (While We're At It, January).

According to data provided to me by Rich Houseal of the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, Massachusetts is the most Catholic state in the nation.

Not exact matches

American Statistical Association, Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights Contact: Joseph B. Kadane, Chair; Steve Pierson, Staff Liaison The Committee concerns itself with violations of and threats to the scientific freedom and human rights of statisticians and other scientists throughout the world.

In light of these issues, the association convened a group of experts to formulate a document listing six «principles» regarding P values for the guidance of «researchers, practitioners and science writers who are not primarily statisticians.»

«It was the quality of sleep that predicted future cognitive decline in this study, not the quantity,» said lead author Terri Blackwell, MA, senior statistician at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI) in San Francisco, Calif. «With the rate of cognitive impairment increasing and the high prevalence of sleep problems in the elderly, it is important to determine prospective associations with sleep and cognitive decline.»

In fact, it's the underweight among us who are more likely to succumb to cancer, federal statisticians report in JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association, possibly because the scrawny lack the fat stores to ride out tough times.

The American Statistical Association — the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals — that blasted the high - stakes «value - added method» (VAM) of evaluating teachers that has been increasingly embraced in states as part of school - reform efforts.

Strauss writes: «You can be certain that members of the American Statistical Association, the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals, know a thing or two about data and measurement.

Both the American Statistical Association, which is the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals, and the American Educational Research Association have questioned the validity of using standardized test scores to measure teacher effectiveness and cautioned against using them for such purposes.