Sentences with phrase «compare against testing»

The baseline testing gives us more information to compare against testing after an injury.»

Not exact matches

There's a general version that compares test takers against the norm.

A control period of two weeks is also sufficient to determine baselines of data against which to compare the number of events in the test window.

The «out of sample» behavior of the economy at that time, compared with post-war behavior, prompted my insistence on stress - testing our methods against Depression - era data.

Test Glucose and Psyllium Husk — I regret not testing glucose as this would have provided a great benchmark against which to compare everything else.

I regret not testing glucose as this would have provided a great benchmark against which to compare everything else.

The objective of this study was to compare the in vitro antimicrobial activity of Berringa honey and silver when tested against Psuedomonas aeruginosa and methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cultures.

It will be a much tougher test indeed compared to their previous game against Pescara, but Rossoneri are in a confident mood at the moment so their Saturday clash should be a cracking game indeed.

Yet he cautions the accuracy of amyloid PET scanning — the standard against which the blood test is being measured — remains controversial, compared with true gold standard of Alzheimer's, a postmortem inspection of brain tissue.

It still has to be compared head - to - head with other blood stanchers and tested against a really gushing wound, which could conceivably overwhelm the gel if it doesn't trip the clotting process, he notes.

Next, the researchers tested the volunteers» pain sensitivity with the «thumbsmasher,» a machine that applies pressure to 18 points on the body, and compared the results against scans assessing white matter function.

To test whether the CAP treatment reduced brain damage after trauma, they compared control mice with a real brain injury that were given the CAP treatment against similar mice that were given the saline control.

After clearing the samples of variance due to technical artifacts that could potentially confound the findings, they performed 3.5 trillion statistical tests against every mutation in the genome compared to every expressed gene in each of the 44 tissues.

Declines in prostate - specific antigen (PSA) testing differed among urologist and primary care physician visits in a study that compared testing before and after a 2011 recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force against PSA screening for all men, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

The assay — when compared against the performance of the conventional ELISA — has proved to be «up to clinical standards,» according to the researchers, with the added ability of removing the false positives, thereby eliminating the need for repeated testing.

Student's t tests excluding the outlier indicated a p - value of < 0.04 for the remaining five pandemic H1N1 samples compared with the IgG memory and germinal center (GC) cells or the primary IgG plasmablast responses (0.2 with EM included) and a p - value of < 0.0001 against the IgM populations.

When it comes to statistical significance and hypothis testing, I do not recall whether the trends have been tested against a null hypothesis, but the short - term variability is quite high compared to the trend in the WM2003 case and the series is short, so I doubt the «trend» is significant (just by eyeballing).

After checking for normality using the Shapiro - Wilk test, one - sample t - tests were conducted to compare the overall mean sensitivity against chance - level (0.5), and mean bias against 0, as well as paired t - tests to compare mean sensitivity and bias for the two LEVELS OF EMBEDDING separately.

The machine is very accurate when I compare it against lab test results.

For example, in a controlled lab experiment, testing results is compared for the group not using the program against the group which applied the program.

One particular study compared the results of cognitive tests from healthy men who were supplemented with KSM - 66 Ashwagandha against a placebo group.

There are Leaderboards to compare performances, but it would be great to see this become a multiplayer experience via a post-launch patch and test my skills against other living players.

Created by the dream team of Steven Spielberg (director) and George Lucas (producer), «Raiders» is the litmus test against which all other films of this genre must be compared; and with the possible exception of the recent «Pirates of the Caribbean» films, nothing has even come close.

Because each state selects its own testing system and sets its own passing scores, there is no direct way to compare the proficiency levels established by one state against the others.

In the future, a students» performance across a variety of programs and platforms will likely give us a much richer picture of how that student is performing against state standards, as compared to a once annual high stakes test.

The group says it was trying to illustrate why it doesn't want Congress to let the testing program's scores become the standard against which state tests are compared.

In contrast, our recommendations are designed to support teachers to make reliable assessments of particular aspects of learning and achievement that can be compared across schools and used directly in the calculation of students» subject results and thus tertiary admissions ranks — without prior scaling against an external test or examination.

Standardized test scores allow parents to compare the performance of their own child and the average performance of their child's school against the performance of students in the same grade in other schools around the state and nationwide.

Education testing experts cautioned against comparing Shanghai to an entire nation, such as Japan or the United States.

Yes, achievements tests help us know not only how students are performing against criteria but also how they are performing compared to their peer group.

Her testimony was reported by PJMedia, which said she warned against comparing test scores of American children with Chinese students.

Meanwhile, state Superintendent Tom Torlakson has continued to caution against comparing any Smarter Balanced Assessment scores, including 11th - grade results, with those from previous standardized tests, instead saying this year's scores should only serve as a baseline going forward.

At the United Federation of Teachers Delegate Assembly on February 11, 2015, Sterling Roberson, the Vice President of Career and Technical Education stated, in opposition to the resolution, ``... the union is against over-testing, but testing is important for parents to know where their child is compared to other children.»

So in order to compare state tests against each other, the NCES mapped 50 different tests and their 50 different proficiency scores onto a single ruler, a national test known as the National Assessment for Education Progress or NAEP.

In states in which this test is not required, the score is compared against the average passing threshold across all states that require this test

Tests were created so that aggregated results could be compared against each other and not be decisive factors in evaluation or instructional improvement.

And we should be able to compare test scores for students who have been at a school for several years against scores for newcomers.

The approach has its limits, but the basic idea is to compare the students in each school against students who started the year at the same academic level and see how they gained or not on the state tests in language arts and math.

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.

To see how the Dart compares, we've pitted it against the top four contenders from last year's test: the Ford Focus, the Honda Civic, the Hyundai Elantra, and the Mazda 3.

See the Cherokee compared side - by - side against key competitors here.Performance During a day of testing, I drove the new Cherokee on twisty mountain roads and pockmarked streets, as well as a brief highway stint, and it performed about as well as any SUV in the class.

Batteries have what is called a surface charge, which is probably the reason yours tested 12.6 V — you should wait several hours at room temperature prior to testing the voltage of the battery to compare against the 12.6 V / 12.7 V standard.

«Big Test» comparisons typically feature anywhere from five to seven vehicles, all being compared against each other.

The Focus compares favorably against the Leaf where range is concerned, but the Kia Soul EV boasts better range, more cabin space, and according to my testing, better acceleration than the Ford.

We were already floored by its fluidity when we tested it against the Maruti and Tata displays when we compared the compact SUVs and we certainly expect this touchscreen unit to be the best in the class.

Consumers can compare NHTSA and IIHS frontal - impact test results only against other vehicles of the same size, give or take a few hundred pounds.

Last we tested a Z06 against a Viper, we noted that the Vette's Goodyear Eagle F1 tires perform like all - season rubber compared to the Viper's larger Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 rubber.

The Neon should be compared and test - driven against the Saturn SL sedan as well as the best small Japanese cars on the market, such as the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Nissan Sentra.

Back in April I tested and compared the V - 8 powered Grand Cherokee against the newest kid on the block - er, dirt - the new Land Rover Discovery.

DriveTribe has been comparing the three best sport sedans against each other in a variety of different tests.