Sentences with phrase «differences as a variable»

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Adjusted EBITDA should not be used to predict net income as the difference between the two measures is variable.

If the difference is closer to 3 %, then the variable - rate loan may be a better choice (depending on the borrower's unique circumstances and taking into consideration the factors discussed above such as term length and loan amount).

To help explain the geographic differences between white and Hispanic or Latino homeownership, the special study also examines demographic and socio - economic variables previously shown to be significantly associated with homeownership, such as income, marriage rates, and age.

The final step has already been treated above (in section 2) and consists of distinguishing between special and general mathematical ideas (e.g., the difference between numbers and variables), as well as between special mathematical correlations and their generalization in the concept of form.

Individual differences in psychology are the variations from one person to another on variables such as attitude, values, self - esteem, the rate of cognitive development or degree of agreeableness — think of it as all of the little bits and pieces that set us apart and makes us unique from others.

Lucassen commented that breastfeeding is a difficult variable to measure, given differences between exclusive and partial (supplemented) breastfeeding, as shown in previous research by Langer - Gould's group.

A confounding variable was defined for analysis as one for which there was at least a 5 % difference in the regression coefficient estimates for type of feeding in regression models with and without the potential confounding variable.

Baseline variables were measured using established valid instruments and were used as covariates to adjust for differences between randomisation groups in some of the analyses in the paper.

When they compared late - onset users with the control group and adjusting the results for variables such as age and intelligence quotient (IQ), the only difference the researchers found was in divided attention, which relates to the ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time.

The improvements in the lithium - ion batteries offered by NREL's approach also can make a difference in portable consumer electronics, such as laptops, tablets, cell phones, and portable media, as well as the stationary energy storage devices that will become increasingly important as more variable - generation renewable energy enters the grid.

«The discordant twin design minimizes a number of potentially confounding factors that may explain the association between childhood verbal ability and subsequent alcohol use by «controlling» for differences on variables [such as] socioeconomic differences or family factors that, if excluded, could cloud the interpretation of findings.»

To account for demographic differences that might impact social network structure, our model also included binary predictor variables indicating whether subjects in each dyad were of the same or different nationalities, ethnicities, and genders, as well as a variable indicating the age difference between members of each dyad.

It my mind demolishing the surface temperature record should be an easy matter if the essential difference between intensive and extensive variables is stressed as Ross and Steve did some years back in the Dr Thermos Chapter.

Denebola has been classed as a Delta Scuti - type variable star (which vary in brightness by small amounts over periods lasting only hours and including radial as well as non-radial pulsations) as it exhibits small, Delta Sculti - type variability with around a 2.09 to 2.16 visual magnitude difference — in V on UBV Johnson system (Mkrtichian and Yurkov, 1998).

And in all of this, identical twins are increasingly seen as desirable study subjects; because their genomes are the same, eliminating one essential variable, differences in their epigenomes might offer clues to the molecular origins of disease.

Variable results among these studies could be due to factors such as differences in dietary composition, degree of energy deficit, compliance with the prescribed dietary regimens, and extract preparation / composition.

But if the use of the lottery as an instrumental variable works in practice as it is expected to work in statistical theory, it would already have corrected for these differences.

Tucker's inability to understand the difference and his dismissal of the selection on dependent variable criticism as «highfalutin language» is just plain embarrassing.

When mathematics proficiency for school year 2005 - 06 is used as a final sorting mechanism (independent variable) for the high - vs. low - scoring principals, the greatest differences, once again, appear at the secondary level.

As a general strategy, then, we developed empirically driven indices of effectiveness for both schools and teachers, grouped the schools or teachers into categories of effectiveness, and then examined the systematic differences among schools or teachers on other sets of variables.

Since the early 70s, there has been recognition that there are specific differences in achievement based on variables, such as gender and socio - economic background, in terms of mathematics performance.

As discussed above, these variables are used to account for the potential selection bias introduced because of the differences between the populations at choice schools compared to traditional public schools.

To address these complaints, differences of the Infiniti I30 compared to the Nissan Maxima for both models» redesign for the 2000 model year included a more powerful engine thanks to the addition of a variable capacity muffler and an additional fenderwell air intake, different front and rear body styling, gauge cluster design, a foot - pedal parking brake (as compared to the Maxima's center console mounted lever), center dashboard design, the availability of a rear sunshade, and standard drivers seat memory.

BMW's variable M differential lock which increases the locking force as the speed difference between the driven wheels rises sees to that, optimizing traction; but if really provoked (with the DSC yaw and traction control system turned off), the M5 and M6 will provide smoky slideshows.

This however can be slightly misleading because all consumers know there may be additional fees which can affect the balance as well as differences in the interest rate from month - to - month due to variable interest rates.

And even though the difference between the rates on today's five - year fixed and the five - year variable is razor - thin right now, that spread is likely to widen as the economy picks up steam and more interest rate increases are announced.

«Buy term and invest the difference» is a phrase often used to discourage people from buying cash value life insurance policies, such as variable life insurance.

As with many other phenomena in economics, it's not the level of a variable that makes the difference, but the variable's rate of change.

The one major difference is the use of your FICO score, other banks will check your FICO score as well, but ALLY could possibly deny you based upon your FICO score where other banks may take more variables into consideration.

The main difference between the three cards is the minimum variable APR (which gets lower as the annual fee gets higher).

The difference between an original fixed interest payment and variable interest payment after the swap is recorded as adjusted interest expense in a debit account.

The difference between original fixed interest payment and variable interest payment after the swap is recorded as adjusted interest savings in a credit account.

The difference between original variable interest payment and fixed interest payment after swap is recorded as adjusted interest savings in a credit account.

Therefore, this score or rank was applied to all fixes, grazed or not, and the actual impacts of cattle grazing considered as the difference in this variable's strength between the destocked zone and outside.

As a method of adding even more variables and infiltration options in a given sortie, overheard conversations and documents found in the field can mean the difference between spending 15 minutes searching for a target in a compound versus spending two minutes due to learning about the target's exact location ahead of time.

I used the Augmented Dickey - Fuller test, which includes lags of differences (of the variable in question) as controls.

First they use levels data, as opposed to differenced (change) variable, which one should never do without testing whether the data series is stationary.

You must difference the variables (such as using percent changes).

Surface variables such as T (2m) are strongly affected by their environment, which may be represented differently in different weather models (e.g. different spatial resolution implies different altitudes) and therefore is a reason for differences between reanalyses.

As I said in my post 290, the PIOMAS series is odd in that lagged dependnet variables, using differenced data, have positive coefficients.

The cultural worldview scales are continuous, and should be used as continuous variables when testing study hypotheses, both to maximize statistical power and to avoid spurious findings of differences that can occur when one arbitrarily divides a larger data set into smaller parts in relation to a continuous variable.

Let's add one more variable, like a moderate breeze — that will likely reduce the difference even further, as would the occasional cloud.

The subsidy, in this case, is the opportunity cost of pricing domestic energy below international market levels, i.e. the rent that could be recovered if consumers paid world prices, adjusting for differences in variables such as transportation costs.

So, given all that, I'm disappointed that you ascribed the temperature difference between the two sites as solely due to humidity without giving the merest mention to all the other variables.

As highlighted by Arbetter et al. in their contribution, in particular from the perspective of navigation in ice - covered waters, it is important to recognize differences between different forecasting and remote - sensing approaches as to the definition of ice extent, location of the ice edge and related variables describing ice conditionAs highlighted by Arbetter et al. in their contribution, in particular from the perspective of navigation in ice - covered waters, it is important to recognize differences between different forecasting and remote - sensing approaches as to the definition of ice extent, location of the ice edge and related variables describing ice conditionas to the definition of ice extent, location of the ice edge and related variables describing ice conditions.

The methods used for drought prediction based on certain drought indicators can be used directly to predict other hazards related to hydroclimatic variables, such as flood forecasting, although a difference may exist in the properties of variables of interest; for example, low quantile is of interest for drought prediction while high quantile is of interest for flood prediction.

The yellow shading illustrates the significant differences between the Mann and Lamb reconstructions and graphically illustrates the 1000 year long period of climate stability depicted by Dr Mann as compared to the much more variable climate researched by Lamb.

The boundary conditions, the variance and variables get more easily modeled as more time is utilized and of course various scenarios from empirical observations are inputed; the sites I pasted and the book I recommended explain a lot about the weather and climate models, similarities and differences.

As for my regression results, as I have explained in my long post responding to Bart, I have taken the liberty of not differencing the RF variable, to give the true believers in their best shot, as it only get worse for if you dAs for my regression results, as I have explained in my long post responding to Bart, I have taken the liberty of not differencing the RF variable, to give the true believers in their best shot, as it only get worse for if you das I have explained in my long post responding to Bart, I have taken the liberty of not differencing the RF variable, to give the true believers in their best shot, as it only get worse for if you das it only get worse for if you do!

You then asked «Or perhaps you can point me to the dataset that shows, for several individual locations for the same period as the temperature set the: * CO2 concentrations (OK, we could use Mauna Loa for that) * Aerosols (sorry, can't use global records for that, there can be huge differences on a local scale) * Absolute humidity * TSI with correction for local albedo, including cloud albedo, and the place on earth» Well actually, I can and have for the USA in terms of CO2, humidity (RH but AH also if you insist), and albedo, not to mention actual solar surface radiation, and various other variables (eg windspeed), as I have previously reported here for quite a few locations, eg Pt Barrow.