Sentences with phrase «for validity of results»

Responsible for testing ERP applications for validity of results, accuracy, reliability, and conformance to established standards.

Not exact matches

His method for studying the validity of elections is to compare exit poll results with official election outcomes.

As a result, the neo-Platonist tradition is becoming emboldened again, often encouraged by New Age spirituality (Goodwin's critics describe him as a New Age mystic); Aristotelianism is likewise making a comeback, particularly in creationist arguments for the validity of concepts such as purpose and design in biology.

At one extreme it results in a dogmatic insistence on the rightness of the missionary's culture and way of thinking, or, at the other extreme, in an affirmation of the validity of all cultures and the right of local people to read the Bible for themselves and formulate their own theologies.

My own conversations over many years with my Cambridge colleagues who are dedicated scientists have convinced me that they are seeking almost desperately for a conceptuality that will on the one hand guarantee the validity and autonomy of their own inquiries and on the other hand provide a genuinely humane context for knowledge along with the recognition of responsibility for the results of those inquiries — a responsibility that such a context can provide.

These details are essential for other researchers to be able to gauge the validity of the results.»

«Due to the complexity of the studied phenomena, one should not arbitrarily extend the validity of the presented results by assuming that a tsunami with a magnitude at generation five times larger, for example, would result in an inundation area five times larger,» cautions Samaras.

Results of the tool quality grading found that most outcome measures in the 22 trials received only a moderate rating because there was limited information on reliability, validity or sensitivity to treatment for the vast majority of them.

These results provide the validity to the newly developed hypoxia / reoxygenation culture system for examining the regulation of CSCs in breast cancer cell lines by niche factors in the tumor microenvironment and developing differential targeting strategies to eradicate breast CSCs.

In a report for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Gurian - Sherman recently questioned the validity of industry claims that increased crop yields are the result of increased planting of GM crops.

«And our results confirmed the validity of General Relativity at the 0.05 % level, which is by far the best precision yet achieved for the strong - field regime.»

The assessment of multiple biomarkers with the use of robust and well - standardized assays, detailed diet assessment, and adjustment for principal risk factors all increased the validity of our results.

Im going to stay at 70s till i can do 5 sets of 50 I've been increasing the weight since april 3 bur usually the fourth and fifth set suck, on rows and pulldowns i notice a great pump and a general better feeling in fitness I'm 195 5ft 8 I'm not achy as much I'm mad i tried to squat heavy its pointless a ego thing i also do 10 lb laterals for 100 reps rest paused i like it and some other high rep stuff more for prehab reasons its not exhausting either il post some new stuff in a month hopefully my thigh is good I'm going to squat tomorrow just with 185 for 30, i actually found this forum because i had been doing 20 to 40 rep squats for months and getting results so i decided to research the validity of high rep training and now I'm sold on it, i mean at worst you get in great shape try lifting like all the hipsters say and the worst you get is torn muscles joints etc. and then you say wheres the size lol tace care everyone

[17] This is a big problem for internal validity because we are left with the result that parents who refused participation in the Abecedarian program were less willing or able to commit to a long - term early childhood intervention for their children than the overall population of families who were recruited into the study.

The full and open disclosure of our plans for research and validity and the results of those studies.

These selection criteria may have consequences for the external validity of our results.

Research efforts are aimed, for example, at ensuring bias - free results, validity of technology - enhanced items, stability of measuring student growth across time, developing testing accommodations for students with special needs, software for computer - based testing, and technical support and scoring for local standards - based assessments in Iowa and the nation.

Indeed, if we expect instructors and students to trust the results of hand - graded, online assessment items, the validity and reliability that come from standardization will be important for giving the assessment items credibility and currency.

But since then, problems persisted with the levels» validity, lack of interpretive guidance for the results, and misalignment of the assessments.

The procedures for setting the benchmarks were «flawed,» «defied reason and common sense,» and produced results of «doubtful validity,» concluded the critics.

Summary: Students who took the 2014 - 15 PARCC exams via computer tended to score lower than those who took the exams with paper and pencil — a revelation that prompts questions about the validity of the test results and poses potentially big problems for state and district leaders.

In response to concerns about test validity, state leaders have agreed to a full review of the assessments before the results are used for teacher evaluations or school grades.

There is no indication that NMPED has evaluated the reliability or validity of these three very different observation methods, or tested their results for equivalence.

These examples include assessment audits, implementing systems to collect, manage, and analyze assessment data, supporting assessment literacy, increasing transparency and timeliness, increasing communications about the purpose of statewide assessments, making assessment results more usable and understandable for educators and parents, improving the quality of assessments, and increasing the validity and reliability of statewide assessments.

In addition to examining the processes and the assessments, the school district must provide the validity documentation and reliability calculations, assuring that their processes have produced fair, accurate assessment results of sufficient quality for state reporting.

Questions posed after reading the prompt inspired students to investigate the history of the exam resulting in learning about the history of reform in Massachusetts and to interview principals and parents for other points of view, test validity and reliability, as well as student points of view.

Assessment within authentic literacy events is also described and recommended for validity and reliability of results.

These practices include making Universal Tools and features available for all students, ensuring access tools and features provide a clear benefit, and matching access tools and features to specific needs — all of which result in a positive impact on the validity of assessment results.

As a result of our series of reports, «FL teachers failing & frustrated», Representative Asencio introduced legislation calling for an independent task force to ensure the validity of the test, he also wanted better study guides and lower costs.

(2) For a laboratory, refusing to provide information to the Department, an employer, or an employee as required by this part; failing or refusing to conduct a validity testing program when required by this part; or a pattern or practice of testing errors that result in the cancellation of tests.

For this reason, they question the validity of the findings and generalizations resulting from action research.

I will say that one point which does have some validity is the fact that in a market crash you are withdrawing a percentage amount of the account balance as of the beginning of the year which doesn't seem fair except for the fact that in an «up» year, you are also withdrawing a percentage of the beginning of the year balance which results in a smaller percentage amount.

Science is different from politics or commerce in that who pays for a piece of research — whether it should be Genghis Khan or Mother Teresa — is simply irrelevant to making judgments about the validity of the research product, which stands or falls depending upon its consistency with the facts and the ability of other scientists independently to confirm the results.

Mann's claim that the Oxburgh panel «exonerated» Mann on counts ranging from scientific misconduct to statistical manipulation to proper conduct and fair presentation of results has no more validity than his claim to have been awarded a Nobel prize for his supposedly seminal work «document [ing] the steady rise in surface temperatures during the 20th Century and the steep increase in measured temperatures since the 1950s.»

Sure but understanding hurricanes is not the focus of the present paper, although it was for their previous (2008) submission to ACP, «On the validity of representing hurricanes as Carnot heat engine» which proposes that the decrease in pressure resulting from condensation is a source of energy for hurricanes.

If Mann et al. had simply cobbled together all the proxies available and presented their result as a proposed reconstruction of paleo - temperature, the validity of the reconstruction and the methods used to make it would be the subject of everyday debate, and the generally low opinion of statisticians for the work would perhaps have prompted the field to move to correct the deficiencies.

Regardless of one's position on the legal validity of the result, the result is a reminder (for those old enough to remember, or otherwise be aware of) of these statements and calls for reform (outside of the tort system) in cases such as Ferguson v Hamilton Civic Hospitals (1983), 40 OR (2d) 577, 1983 CanLII 1724 (ON SC) aff'd (1985) 50 OR (2d) 754, 1985 CanLII 2045 (ONCA).

Permitting regional circuits to adjudicate questions of patent validity, for example, could result in inconsistent judgments between a regional circuit and the Federal Circuit, resulting in serious uncertainty for parties facing similar infringement charges before district courts within that regional circuit.

Respondents reported a need to ascertain the validity of a claim for personal injuries resulting from a camel ride in Egypt; the right to shelter under international treaties; and the validity of a power of attorney executed in Brazil.

The convergent validity of these models provides a robustness check for our results.

To function in an international arena, law firm leaders will have to recognize the validity and benefit of diverse perspectives and acknowledge that different viewpoints are vital and desirable for fuller understanding of issues, people and clients, and to produce better results.

Ensured validity of test results and laboratory guidelines ensuring meticulous attention for detail and critical thinking.

• To work for St. Mary's Medical Center as Medical Technologist utilizing expertise in performing quality control, diagnostic testing procedures and verifying test results for validity, accuracy, and correctness of reporting.

Professional Experience CHARTIS (New York, NY) 2004 — 2010 Manager, Financial Analysis • Utilize experience in accounts receivable / payable, expense control / reduction, budgeting and forecasting • Create, prepare, and analyze weekly and monthly GOE expense and account reports of over $ 12M • Provide Senior Executive and CFO with critical information needed to manage divisional expenses • Generate and implement new procedures to reduce expenses over budget • Conduct analysis of significant expense and account receivable items • Manage the premium and expense results for the profit centers • Provide comptrollers with monthly divisional account receivable cash forecast of over $ 86M per month • Reduce cash forecast variance to less than 5 % per month • Resolve and reduce receivables over a 12 month period from $ 12M to less than $ 3M per month • Establish and maintain strong relationships with vendors, underwriters, and senior executives • Control and maintain expenses to stay within budgets and forecasts • Review and verify the validity and accuracy of accounts payable prior to approving disbursements

Criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scales (CES - D): results from a community - based sample of older subjects in the Netherlands

Criterion validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES - D): results from a community - based sample of older subjects in the Netherlands.

The results of these 2 studies demonstrated the reliability, clinical validity, and applicability of the BISQ for screening sleep problems among infants and young children.

Results Psychometric characteristics (i.e., three types of reliability, two types of validity) were strong for the majority of measures reviewed, with 34 of the 37 measures meeting «well - established» evidence - based assessment (EBA) criteria.

In 2013, there were only 32 published articles regarding depression apps, compared with a total of 1536 available for download.22 This finding of a high availability but low evidence base is synonymous with results observed for apps dedicated to the treatment of other psychological disorders, including bipolar disorder, 23 bulimia nervosa24 and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); 25 bringing into question the scientific credibility, validity and efficacy of the majority of electronic psychological interventions currently available to consumers.

Altogether, these results provide support for the reliability and validity of the BIQ - SF as an economical method for assessing behavioral inhibition and anxiety proneness in young children.