Hierarchical linear modeling was used to conduct a two - level analysis on 720 students and 24 teachers with
valid data on all research variables.
In the most recent period, 2001 — 2005, 74/935 (8 %) of notifications in NSW did not include
valid data on Aboriginal status (Table 2).
Valid data on safety and clinical benefit of OAC resumption are missing and remain to be established, according to background information in the article.
Not exact matches
By being able to rely
on accurate technology stack
data, combined with org charts and
valid contact details, account - based marketing programs have the ability to be truly successful.
However, they can be misleading because they often are based
on historical
data that may not be repeatable or are based
on assumptions that may not prove
valid.»
The Saxo Bank Group is obliged by law to treat personal
data as confidential and may not pass
on or use any personal
data without
valid legal grounds.
Ever the scientist begging for
data on this point, I'd say that another equally
valid conclusion from the article linked here is that perhaps the improvement in kids» behavior from improved food and drink is like the link between crime and graffiti.
This is why we created MANA Stats - to create
valid data based
on medical records to give us a more accurate picture.
Rejection of
data based
on your anecdotal experience does not constitute a
valid argument.
First author Professor Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Director of Institute of Experimental Genetics at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, who invented the mouse clinic concept, said: «Our findings with regard to the genes examined are now available to the scientific community as a
valid data set, which can be downloaded free of charge from the IMPC (International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium) website, and form an excellent basis
on which we and other research groups can develop and test new hypotheses.»
As no relevant study is available for comparison with the appropriate comparator therapy, the benefit assessment of the drug manufacturer is based
on its own deliberations and assumptions, for which, however, a
valid data basis is lacking.
The EPA's IG found (pdf) in 2014 «there was significant uncertainty in the study
data,» meaning the EPA's assumptions
on the amount of methane that spews from pipelines «may not be
valid.»
The development of SOPs and the implementation of standardized procedures wherever possible will enable the generation of reliable
data on protein yields and quality to provide
valid decision criteria
on the choice of expression system.
If simply learning that one is biomarker positive causes a person to perform worse
on cognitive testing, then primary outcomes
data of AD trials may not be
valid.
There are already well established databases within the consortium, the London Pain Database (LPD) and QUAST (DFNS, Germany): The LPD is used for datamining of functional genomics
data to help identify individual genes and functional networks associated with chronic pain, QUAST
on the other hand collects questionnaire
data, clinical and neurophysiological findings and calculates
valid clusters of phenotypes with different interaction patterns of sensory loss with and without different types of peripheral and central hyperalgesia based
on QST (quantitative sensory testing)
data.
We have no
valid traffic or revenue
data on our international competitors, so it would be nothing but guesswork.
Child - level assessment
data means the
data collected by an agency
on an individual child from one or more
valid and reliable assessments of a child's status and progress, including but not limited to direct assessment, structured observations, checklists, staff or parent report measures, and portfolio records or work samples.
Overall, the measurement research
on literacy assessment reform suggests that there is still uncertainly about the ability of performance assessments to provide reliable and
valid data for accountability.
As full implementation of both the teacher and principal evaluation systems looms for September 2013, it is imperative that boards of education, district leaders, and the DOE ensure that principals and teachers have a viable curriculum based
on the Common Core Standards;
valid and reliable assessment tools to measure growth in every subject area (tested and nontested); and time to work in professional teams to set growth targets, analyze
data, and provide the appropriate instructional interventions for every student.
This will allow the new tenure reform legislation to be implemented fairly and personnel decisions to be made based
on reliable and
valid data.
It is especially important for state and district leaders who make important policy decisions that affect students and families to base those decisions
on the right
data, collected and interpreted with a clear understanding of ethical and
valid assessment practices.
First, appropriate differentiation requires
valid and reliable sources of
data on student learning.
Examples of outcome
data that are also appropriate and necessary to assess teacher effectiveness are students» individual growth and progress as measured
on valid and reliable standardized instruments, teacher made tests that aligned with the curriculum, student performance demonstrations in a variety of media, and portfolios of student work.
The legislation requires that tests be «reliable and
valid,» yet it mandates procedures based
on inescapably inconsistent
data.
The school tours
on this site are based
on the
data gathered during those visits, and as such, the information presented in them is
valid as of the dates during which the visits were made.
Based
on all the
data on the depths of the nation's education crisis — including the fact that three out of every 10 fourth - graders are functionally illiterate as well as how traditional policies and practices keep laggard teachers in classrooms — you would think
valid criticism, internal and external, would be welcomed.
At every level of aggregation we lose insight into what is actually going
on with students, so rather than being
valid and actionable, a combined subgroup seems to blur what the
data means.
[13] In addition, teacher evaluation systems that include student survey
data, which are somewhat correlated with teachers» student growth measures, [14] are stronger, more reliable, and more
valid than those that rely solely
on administrator reports and observations.
However, the tests must be aligned with the state academic content standards, address the depth and breadth of such standards, and be equivalent in content coverage, difficulty, and quality to the state - designed assessments AND must provide comparable,
valid, and reliable
data on academic achievement, as compared to the state - designed assessments, for all students and for each subgroup of students among all local school districts within the state.
The questions the Governor's office posed relied
on the state's testing
data being
valid and reliable.
It's why the use of VAM (Value Added Measures) can not contribute
valid or reliable
data to a teacher's effectiveness rating — because VAM is a predictive model based
on comparing a set of actual student test scores against a hypothetical group of scores.
PORTIMÃO, Portugal — Less than 10 miles into a drive
on roads near the Algarve International Circuit, you realize the laughter circulating inside the cockpit of the 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS is as
valid a verdict
on the new Turbo as any empirical VBOX or drag - strip
data would provide.
However, remove
data requirements
on the phone and your point is completely
valid.
Data plans on offer include 3G network access which can be availed of either pre-paid or post-paid plans where pre-paid plan involves a $ 10 fee that will allow 100 MB of data usage which is only valid for a w
Data plans
on offer include 3G network access which can be availed of either pre-paid or post-paid plans where pre-paid plan involves a $ 10 fee that will allow 100 MB of
data usage which is only valid for a w
data usage which is only
valid for a week.
The LYF Water 3 is available online exclusively
on Flipkart and will come with the Reliance Jio Happy New Year Offer that is
valid till March 31, 2017 and offers unlimited voice calls,
data, and access to Jio content.
Investing based
on data rather than stock tips or guesswork can not only assist you as you evaluate a possible purchase; it also can help you decide when to sell because your reasons for buying are no longer
valid.
Secondly, there's no central exchange for the forex market, so there may be discrepancies in our
data feed, and it's highly probable that I may have a
valid signal based
on my charts where none exist
on yours (and vice versa)
The New School studies say that the SWR ranges from 2 percent to 9 percent; the long - term value proposition of stocks depends heavily
on the valuation level that applies at the day of a stock purchase, according to an analytically
valid examination of the historical
data.
The rates for the older EE Bonds are only
valid for those 6 months and those bonds will have a different rate than the ones newly issued since May 2005, but that
data is not presented
on the chart to simplify the comparison.
In addition, CHIC has developed an information system collects and stores diagnostic
data based
on scientifically
valid criteria, and makes that
data available to interested canine health researchers.
In order for
data to be included in CHIC, test results must be based
on scientifically
valid diagnostic criteria.
And all the old studies based
on that
data can also no longer be regarded as
valid.
The attribution study was based
on series of 5 - yr - mean temperatures and spatial averages of 90 degree sectors (i.e. to four different sectors), where sectors and periods with no
valid data were excluded.
«We often think of the sciences and the arts as completely separate — almost like opposites, but using music to share these
data is just as scientifically
valid as plotting lines
on a graph,» he says.
The estimate of 3 + / -1 deg C (for doubled CO2) based
on paleo -
data and model studies is therefore still
valid, even after this program.
The problem is that even after being fixed, what the
data is showing isn't what the people asking the question want to hear, so they ignore the answer and go
on repeating the question in order to convince their audience that it's a
valid question.
If the methodology used to derive the so called «Climate Sensitivity» was
valid, then it would be independent
on the set of
data used, as long as the size of the domain is greater then zero.
Yet all the authors» examples allege the opposite situation,... Case 12 refers to McKitrick and McIntyre 2005, which focused
on the bias arising from using decentered
data in a PCA algorithm that is only
valid when the
data are centered... The authors do not seem to have taken the trouble to properly research the issue, and as such their brief commentary lacks credibility
Therefore these continuous attacks
on jones are irrelevant — they do not change the
data — the
data is
valid.
They challenge this
on rather solid empirical grounds and with physical arguments and
data analysis that is every bit as scientifically
valid as that used to support larger estimates, often obtaining numbers that are in better agreement with observation.