Sentences with phrase «advanced statistical methods»

Our studies use advanced statistical methods (here and here) to determine the actual effects of private schooling on test scores and standards of living.

A strength of the report is the use of advanced statistical methods and a longitudinal dataset to answer the questions of interest.

They do this very capably, making use of census and other data on urban areas as well as the most advanced statistical methods.

SMART Research BV applies advanced statistical methods and logical techniques from machine learning to solve various complex problems — such as determining how many copies of a national newspaper should be printed, giving advice on wine and food pairings and making identifications using DNA profiles.

«The fact that the study was based on large proportion of the district population, was adjusted to nearly all known risk factors for miscarriages (tobacco use, obesity, IVF, uterine malformations, hypercoagulable conditions, intrauterine contraceptive device etc.) and used advanced statistical methods strengthens the validity of the results,» states the principal investigator, epidemiologist Prof. Levy.

Her research apparatus is built with a fusion of advanced statistical methods, idealized general circulation models (GCM), and state of the art climate models.

The researchers used advanced statistical methods to infer the age and subgrouping of the Dravidian language family at about 4,000 - 4,500 years old.

To fill these gaps in the data, the Birmingham researchers compiled a new dataset from the Paleobiology Database and used advanced statistical methods to estimate diversity and biogeographic changes.

From a clinical science perspective, the authors demonstrate how «big data» can be appropriately used — with the aid of advanced statistical methods — to answer important clinical questions when a randomized study is infeasible.

Her research apparatus is built with a fusion of advanced statistical methods, idealized general circulation models (GCM), and state of the art climate models.

Also, we used advanced statistical methods to test multiple mediation, methods that are well - suited to smaller sample sizes, do not rely on the assumption of a normal sampling distribution, and limit the number of inferential tests so that the likelihood of Type 1 error is reduced (MacKinnon et al., 2002; Preacher & Hayes, 2004; Shrout & Bolger, 2002).