Sentences with phrase «cutoff points of»

Researchers measured for underweight, normal weight (reference group), overweight, and obesity at 7 and 8 years of age defined by using international cutoff points of body mass index by sex and age.

The saliva samples were analyzed using two roadside screening devices, the Draeger DrugTest 5000 (DT5000) and Alere DDS2 (DDS2); these devices use THC cutoff points of 5 µg / L and 25 µg / L, respectively, to determine if someone is positive or negative for marijuana use.

«Given that I know it's safe, and given that I know it's just missing the statistical cutoff point of being significant, we feel that on an emergency basis, we can distribute it,» Fauci said.

Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of the 3 treatment conditions using a computer - generated sequence with stratification across treatments and within site based on high and low negative affect assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) 25 with a cutoff point of 18.

Motion was corrected using FMRIB's Linear Image Registration Tool (MCFLIRT), with slice scan - time correction and a high - pass filtering cutoff point of 100 seconds, which removed signals that were irrelevant to the stimuli.

Utilizing a cutoff point of.40, there were seven items loaded under the first component extracted, five items loaded under the second component, and three items loaded under third component.

This cutoff point corresponds to 80th percentile scores for community samples and has a 95 % sensitivity for diagnosing major depressive disorder (MDD) among low - income women, although the specificity and positive predictive value for MDD are low (70 % and 0.28, respectively).29, 30 The cutoff point of 16 has been used by many investigators assessing depressive symptoms in a variety of cohorts, including pregnant women.28 — 33 When studying depressive symptoms during pregnancy, some investigators chose to use a higher CES - D cutoff point (eg, the 90th percentile) to account for the possibility that symptoms of normal pregnancy may overlap with symptoms of depression.9, 18 There is no evidence that this approach is more accurate or preferable to using the cutoff point of 16, and the use of higher cutoff points increases specificity but decreases sensitivity for MDD.28 We used a consistent cutoff point of 16 to define depressive symptoms before and after parturition.

The total score of the SCARED significantly differentiated anxious from non-anxious children with an optimal cutoff point of 22 (sensitivity = 81.8 %; specificity = 52.0 %).

Not exact matches

Other lenders have a single cutoff point for all loans, regardless of the type of insurance (or the lack of it).

Without any firm evidence for selecting that cutoff point, I reasoned that clashing definitions of ultimate reality are likely to clash only when supported by at least a handful of opposing «believers.»

Tony Stewart slipped to 10th and Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved up to ninth in points — 36 points inside the Chase — which could cause Junior Nation to breathe a sigh of relief with four races until the Chase cutoff.

I understand the reason for an age cutoff from a girl's point of view, but the protective mommy point of view is interfering.

I wonder if people tend to think 1 year should be the cutoff point because that is when most formula fed babies are weaning off of formula and moving to whole milk and table food.

By measuring average point scores rather than a single cutoff point, the new measure will also ensure that the achievement of all students is recognised equally, including both low attainers and high fliers.

She needed at least 934 signatures from registered Democrats in the district; the registrars office verified at least 934 as of the cutoff point on Tuesday.

«Current approaches to diagnosing ADHD depend on a somewhat arbitrary cutoff point for the number of symptoms.»

At this point, 72 percent of enzalutamide patients and 63 percent of placebo patients were alive at the trial cutoff date showing a 29 percent overall improvement in survival.

By analyzing BMI distribution rather than using cutoff points, University of Pennsylvania postdoctoral fellow Jonathan Mitchell says his team detected much stronger sleep effects among already obese teens.

Using these cutoff points helps to pinpoint patients who should be monitored more closely for possible ARMD, while also minimizing the use of additional testing in patients unlikely to have or develop ARMD.

Implant - specific versus fixed regulatory authority cutoff points for blood metal ion levels were tested for their ability to correlate with clinically diagnosed ARMD, rates of which were 12 percent after single - hip BHR replacement, 18 percent after double - hip BHR replacement, and 7 percent after single - hip Corail - Pinnacle replacement.

Hyperreactivity was analyzed as a dichotomous variable at two cutoff points (PC20 of 8 mg per milliliter or less or PC20 of 16 mg per milliliter or less).

Since I can't resist a good pair of cutoff shorts in the summertime, I picked 3 favorites at a few different price points.

It's the first time in three years that one of the majors has averaged above 61 (the cutoff we use to indicate generally positive reviews from critics) for its annual release slate, and Disney's strong 2015 average score puts it 11 points higher than its nearest major competitor (Universal).

Having it remade into a Mario Party 9 board would entail the cutoff, or end point, of the board to be made somewhere near the final intersection, right below the Boo spot.

For those of you who have the patience, I would also point out her western, Meek's Cutoff (2010), which I absolutely adore.

To measure the effect of being in the top 10 percent, the authors compared the grade point averages of students whose class rank was just above or just below the cutoff.

The eligibility cutoffs range from the low 180s to the mid-190s out of a maximum of 240 points.

We restrict our analysis to students whose PSAT / NMSQT scores are within 15 points on either side of the cutoff, to produce a data set of approximately 58,000 students across all years.

The range in estimates is again explained by the higher and lower statistical cutoff points we used to determine whether a classroom should be suspected of cheating.

Our analysis estimated that the share of classrooms where cheating occurred on any particular subject test ranged from 1.1 percent to 2.1 percent, depending on where the statistical cutoff point was set.

To test the hypothesis that publicly available information has an impact over and above direct observation of school performance, we can compare the ratings given by respondents whose schools were very close to the cutoffs in the point system used by Florida to assign school grades.

Next, we calculate from the PISA microdata the share of students reaching this cutoff point for each country participating in the PISA 2006 test.

End - of - course exams measure a student's achievement level in the subject, not just whether the student exceeds or falls below a specific cutoff point.

He points out that large numbers of students will score both above and below the cutoff of a standardized test.

Similar effects were seen for teachers that could become eligible for increases in their base pay if they remained HE — their 2011 - 12 IMPACT scores improved by nearly 11 points compared to teachers that missed the HE cutoff, an increase of seven percentile points.

In Kentucky and New York, which gave Common Core - aligned tests for the first time in 2012 and 2013 respectively, the percentage of students who met the «proficient» cutoff dropped by 25 - 30 percentage points.

The level «proficient» varies substantially from state to state, depending on the difficulty of the test and how / where the state set its cutoff point for «proficient.»

Moore scored a 17 out of 36 on his first attempt, three points below the scholarship's current cutoff.

Rockville lost a point because 40.6 percent of students — 54 out of 133 — showed low growth, just a hair above the state cutoff of 39.8 percent.

Moreover, models from the middle of the last decade are indeed below the financial cutoff point for the best luxury cars under $ 10,000 (according to Autobytel's vehicle - valuation partners).

Essentially there is a cutoff point where the author is asked to share the burden of the discount.

Other lenders have a single cutoff point for all loans, regardless of the type of insurance (or the lack of it).

One of the consequences is that when you move over the HCE cutoff point, you can suddenly save a lot less in your 401 (k).

Both of these cutoff points have gone up over the last year or two.

Throws in Inside Pitch 2003 are handled by pointing the right stick in the direction of the base to which you want to throw (right for first, up for second, etc.) and a click of the stick will cause a fielder to hit the cutoff man.

Race is all about beating the other players to a soaring finish line; Survival involves placing a certain number of bricks before everyone else without dropping too many and losing your health; and Puzzle slows down the pace a little by challenging players to place as many bricks as possible below a cutoff point.

At first, I assumed it was just a random statistical artifact of where the annual cutoff points are.

It's therefore more like a gaussian filter (which is essentially identical to a 21 - point binomial filter) but with better rejection of frequencies just above F3's cutoff frequency.

I do not necessarily disagree, but those issues are not central to the point made here: Wherever one places a cutoff above or below the mean, the implications of the fat tails are identical, and it does not matter where exactly the «catastrophe» lurks.

Now, it was very small, in fact, it was $ 15 up to a certain date, I forget when the cutoff point was, and then it went up to $ 45, so it's not — this isn't sort of a prohibitive amount of money, it's really a qualifier to try and improve the quality of the people.