Sentences with phrase «create test groups»

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Instead of spending your time creating an elaborate business plan or relying on a focus group, entrepreneurs need to continuously test their business ideas and be willing to adapt quickly in order to stay competitive.

Back then, to generate awareness for the product, the company created the high - profile Explorer program in which a beta version of the device was handed out to a group of consumers for testing.

The series of studies tested the effects of power hierarchies on team productivity by creating teams with either a mixed propensity towards leadership — in one case some participants were primed to feel powerful by thinking of a time they wielded power over others while others subjects were asked to envision a time they were bossed around before joining the group — or teams made up entirely of hard charging leadership types or participants primed for a meeker, go along, get along approach.

He then employed computer experts who created Insured Outcome Protocol and the binary system was ready in 2014 with 17 persons being included in the so - called Alpha - testing group.

Why is it that the experience of Black Americans and other oppressed ethnic minority groups create a context for renewed observation for testing process metaphysics?

What's really fun is I have a group of «followers» who actually believed Me and Dad (or is it «Dad and I»... never can get that right) and the Bird actually created the universe with the «appearance of age» and the all the fossils, etc., etc. to test their faith...

Test results were dichotomised, creating two groups of children by choosing a cut off point at the median value for the whole study population.

Nuclear Suppliers Group: The NSG is an export control group which was created directly in response to India's first nuclear test, the amazingly named Smiling BuGroup: The NSG is an export control group which was created directly in response to India's first nuclear test, the amazingly named Smiling Bugroup which was created directly in response to India's first nuclear test, the amazingly named Smiling Buddha.

The Case Against Further Green Taxes, followed on this year by The Burden of Green Taxes, pioneered testing existing green taxes against the scale of the externalities created by climate change — similar estimates have since been produced by other groups including Government departments.

The program, created in in collaboration with the Colorado - based BSCS group, has been pilot - tested and is due for release next year.

As Dr. Nikiforov's group added more genetic sequences to the ThyroSeq test to create a larger and more sensitive version of the test, it is now also performing as a «rule - out» test that can tell doctors with a high degree of certainty that a patient does not have cancer.

After the California test, the group made some tweaks in hopes of creating at least a 7 - to - 1 ratio of bacteria - carrying Kentucky males to native Floridian rivals.

Many of the same people who usually earn spots with NASA (such as military test pilots) should still have an advantage in the new order, but the combination of multiple companies and flexible regulations may create opportunities for a broader group of would - be astronauts.

In the first two studies, two separate groups of 60 participants were shown 27 base faces, specifically created for the purpose of testing.

The group is building new simulations to test whether the shift to a collisionless state is sufficient to create the separation.

Scientists have created a fast, accurate, and versatile paper - based blood test that could be performed without the need for specialized equipment — providing a more cost - effective strategy for blood grouping.

Reetta Satokari's group and the hospital clinicians have in collaboration created a unique «faecal bank» where the tested transplants are kept.

While a few other groups have tested similar processes to create biofuel from wet algae, most of that work is done one batch at a time.

I've been experimenting with T10 dextran coated iron oxide nanoparticles, obviously not the same as fullerenes, but still a very interesting tool, I've been testing if the coating is giving the particle antioxidant abilities because of it's the (basically) indigestable sugar chains (glucose) creating a high surface area which are largely made from hydroxyl groups, I hypothesised this act's as a «sink» for reactive oxygen species converting them to water.

Only a few research groups worldwide possess the technology to create proper test samples and to make in - situ atomic - level observations of anatase surfaces.

Publishing in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B journal a group of researchers have reported that the pesticides that they tested affected the learning of honeybee and bumblebee differently and that this should be accounted for when creating accurate pollination models.

The group plans on creating a demo of the concept (using a smaller, 20 cm telescope) that could be tested on the ISS, and it can then eventually be scaled up for routine use.

The reference ranges created for labs are not that scientific — for TSH they took a large group of people and tested TSH and created a bell curve with the results.

Their process starts with creating the perfect sample and from there they test over and over again in multiple sizes with a group of regulars to provide feedback on the many elements that can make a shoe great.

Isabelle De Gioia, 12, is among the first group of year 6 students to sit the test to get into newly - created selective streams at Sydney's Catholic high Matchmaking Firm Testimonials by Kelleher International who has offered matchmaker services since 1986.

Soderbergh created the film's trailer himself and never tested it with audiences (usually, trailers are created by marketing firms and intensely focused - grouped).

His nonprofit is also creating partnerships with non-Hollywood groups that can also make a difference, like Teach For America, which places young teachers in high - needs schools, as well as influential companies that create tests for schools.

To make that shift, Kane envisions creating a system of efficacy networks: groups of local agencies working together to test solutions to shared problems — such as chronic absenteeism and elementary literacy.

Schools should be permitted to use multiple, locally created assessments instead of «one shot» tests to measure student progress for accountability purposes, according to a report released last week by a panel of experts convened by the Forum on Educational Accountability, a group that includes some of the most vocal critics of the 5 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.

Since they give you the chance to create up to ten courses, no strings attached, you have a chance to thoroughly test its features to see how it would work for your group.

Using this rapid cycle of design - test - iterate, an idea is developed by a group of experts and key stakeholders, piloted in a real world setting, refined, and tested again with a larger group, thereby creating an accelerated method to prepare for scale up at a population level.

Access to the entire school site all year round is vital to ensure sufficient play space for each pupil and there should be lots of opportunities for each and every child, not just a dominant group, to get out of breath, to climb, to leap, to build, to create, to kick or throw a ball and to continually test themself in all manner of ways.

The researchers responsible for the evaluation responded to this threat to their random assignment design by creating a treatment and control group through statistically matching subjects whose parents had given permission for follow - up testing.

The Princeton, N.J. - based ETS, which creates and administers the Scholastic Assessment Test and numerous other exams, said the Chauncey Group International will handle the testing needs of both business and government.

This is a great way to get feedback, either from the learners themselves, or from a group of test subjects, to ensure that you're creating questions that perfectly supplement your learning content.

Standardized tests are created by different groups and organizations, including the Educational Testing Service, the College Board, testing companies, and textbook publTesting Service, the College Board, testing companies, and textbook publtesting companies, and textbook publishers.

Nevada is a member of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two groups creating Common Core tests for the nation.

By creating norm groups or specific criteria to which students are compared, they say, test makers can measure each student's abilities with precision.

The two groups creating Common Core tests for the nation are promising tests that will be dramatically different from previous state tests.

Later that year, the federal government pledged up to $ 350 million to groups of states to create these kinds of tests.

A: There's at least one group of New York City high schools that have allowed their students to create learning portfolios and oral presentations instead of taking state - mandated subject area tests to graduate.

By emphasizing shared responsibility and regular meetings, Learning Clubs create a powerful support group that allows teachers to test and refine their work in integrating the best research - based techniques into their classroom practice.»

For best results, use a study group to create test questions and practice quizzing each other.

It's easy to know that this strategy isn't working because now the privatizers are funding fake parent groups to create the appearance of parents wanting what corporate school reformers want — you know, more testing, more charters, fewer union teachers.

One group that praised the rejection by the feds is StudentsFirst, a Sacramento - based advocacy group created by former Washington, D.C., chancellor of schools Michelle Rhee, which favors the substantial use of test scores with teacher evaluations.

In creating flexible groups teachers may use test results, student in - class performance, and / or an individualized evaluation of a student's set of skills in order to determine the group into which a student should be placed.

Otherwise we will remain caught between the usual warring parties: pro-teacher unions versus anti-union groups;... devotees of phonics versus «whole language» theorists; open classroom versus fixed - seat advocates;... those who believe that tests motivate improvement versus those who think tests hold teachers unfairly accountable and create a climate of fear.

Members also created a step - by - step guide for how to refuse the tests, and the group's social media pages have become a message board for parents to share their PARCC concerns and experiences.

Wisconsin belongs to a group of states that have built state tests aligned to the Common Core standards through questions created by a consortium called Smarter Balanced.

Experiment with letting students creating an end - of - unit test for a unit you're currently teaching, and share the results with the group.