Sentences with phrase «characteristics in a larger sample»

Endocast researchers need to study the range of brain surface characteristics in a larger sample of living chimps and other apes to make more accurate comparisons, Falk says.

Not exact matches

We have spoken in the past about the key characteristics for a winning betting system, and one of the most important is a large sample size.

And in fact, research suggests that there are no significant personality differences between online and offline daters.5 There is some evidence that online daters are more sensitive to interpersonal rejection, but even these findings have been mixed.6, 7 As far as the demographic characteristics of online daters, a large survey using a nationally representative sample of recently married adults found that compared to those who met their spouses offline, those who met online were more likely to be working, Hispanic, or of a higher socioeconomic status — not exactly a demographic portrait of desperate losers.8

The new ERSST4 temperature series includes an» (i) an increasing amount of ocean data from buoys, which are slightly different than data from ships; (ii) an increasing amount of ship data from engine intake thermometers, which are slightly different than data from bucket sea - water temperatures; and (iii) a large increase in land - station data...» and «More generally, buoy data have been proven to be more accurate and reliable than ship data, with better known instrument characteristics and automated sampling.»

@Col Mosby at 12:11 pm 1) one gets increases in accuracy as sample size increases, but it is a matter of dimishing returns — you don't need a large sample to get a pretty good fix on the population's characteristics,

Several things one learns from studying statistics: 1) one gets increases in accuracy as sample size increases, but it is a matter of dimishing returns — you don't need a large sample to get a pretty good fix on the population's characteristics, and 2) biased samples will kill you.

Col Mosby: «Several things one learns from studying statistics: 1) one gets increases in accuracy as sample size increases, but it is a matter of dimishing returns — you don't need a large sample to get a pretty good fix on the population's characteristics, and 2) biased samples will kill you.»

The present study examined rates of trauma exposure, clinical characteristics associated with trauma exposure, and the effect of trauma exposure on treatment outcome in a large sample of primary care patients without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

We capitalized on the large combined sample size, and on the extensive variability in family and child characteristics in these trials, to test whether five often hypothesized moderators actually impact the effects of Incredible Years on children's conduct problems.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the specific contribution of both CU traits and ODD, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, to several psychological characteristics in a large community sample of preschoolers.