Sentences with phrase «explained by cohort»

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It is true, of course, that by appealing to the freedom of Satan and his cohorts to explain natural evil, Plantinga himself, has adopted a defensive, seemingly ad hoc manner of preserving the consistency of his position.

This is accomplished by using only that portion of the achievement of a gender or racial group that can not be explained by a linear time trend and the overall gender and racial composition of the group's cohort.

«Overall, results from the analyses indicate that between approximately 24 per cent and 43 per cent of the variance in written composition was explained by the three language convention measures and that spelling was the main predictor of written composition for each cohort.

«I am confident that the partnership with CEG Digital will allow us to satisfy our strategic ambitions in this area by facilitating the recruitment of new student cohorts in a high quality, pedagogically robust manner,» explained Professor Rebecca Lingwood, Vice-Principal (Student Experience, Teaching and Learning).

Unfortunately, the degree to which the report's findings can be explained by these kinds of across - cohort differences is not easy to assess.

Much of the variation would probably be explained by changes in the prior achievement of the two cohorts.

In 1965 Donald Judd published «Specific Objects,» an article that explained «the new three - dimensional work» then being produced by a cohort of like - minded artists.1 Unlike conventional painting and sculpture, which Judd proclaimed to have served the purpose of a «container,» the new work was about the object itself.

Using a summary score of number of CD symptoms, structural equation modelling was used to investigate whether mean level and variation in CD increased with more recent cohorts, and whether any increase in variance could be explained by familial or non-familial factors.

The odds ratios estimated for cohort and gender indicated that adjusting for the childhood measures marginally increased the observable differences, rather than cohort and gender differences being explained by the childhood measures (table 4).

A recent investigation from the UK Millennium Cohort Study found that a variety of parenting, home learning, and early education factors explained a small portion of the socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in children's cognitive ability by age 5.2 Although some US studies have examined selected factors at different stages of childhood, 24 — 27 few have had comprehensive data to examine the socioeconomic distribution of a wide variety of risk and protective factors across early childhood and their role as potential independent mediators of the SES gradients in cognitive ability at kindergarten entry.

In the UK Millennium Cohort study, parenting, home learning, and family interaction factors explained 16 % to 17 % of the SES gradients in cognitive ability by age 5 and preschool and early child care 2 % to 3 %.2 Perhaps owing to different or more comprehensive measures, health, home environment, and early education factors had a larger impact in ECLS - B.

A decomposition methodology examined the contribution from different sources in explaining the SES gradient in early cognitive outcomes.34 Similar to the methodology used in the UK Millennium Cohort Study, we focus on the quintile 1 — quintile 5 (Q1 — Q5) and quintile 1 — quintile 3 (Q1 — Q3) gaps and calculate the percentile points and the percentage of the raw gaps explained by each candidate explanatory factor and each domain of factors.2 This was done by taking the product of the mean gap in each explanatory factor (mean difference between Q1 — Q5 and Q1 — Q3) by the β coefficients from linear regression models that predict reading and math ability from SES and all candidate explanatory factors.

In a birth cohort study, risk of psychosis in adulthood was raised by a factor of 4 if the mother, during pregnancy, reported that a baby was unwanted.49 Separation from parents in early life has been found to predict an increased risk of psychosis in genetically vulnerable children, 50,51 and the association between immigrant status and severe mental illness may be at least partially explained by the high rates of early separation in migrant populations.52 Adolescents at high genetic risk of psychosis have also been found to be at increased risk of psychosis in later life if they report adverse relationships with their parents.53