Sentences with phrase «formal tests»

The ratio of mean to standard deviation can be related to formal tests of statistical significance and confidence intervals, if the individual model results were to be considered a sample.

Most vaccines are actually labeled for use in animals older than 6 weeks, which means they went through formal testing to prove efficacy and safety only in animals of this age or older.

In general, clinical interviews are more open and less structured than formal testing because this part of the evaluation allows for the client to convey information and experiences in their own words.

We also claim that the winter tires help a car turn better and stop shorter than all - season rubber, a fact backed up by many formal tests published by respected magazines.

I don't want to be that kind of teacher who gives formal tests.

I don't have a very formal testing system worked out, but maybe I need to figure one out.

While formal test breeding may not be practical, every breeding you do is a sort of test mating.

Coordinated the various tasks of system development — Planning, designing, and integration (including formal testing) and oversaw full transition into production.

In general, clinical interviews are more open and less structured than formal testing because this part of the evaluation allows for client to convey information and experiences in their own words.

The Assessment Book for each semester contains reproducible formal tests for assessing comprehension, fluency, and writing.

I feel that this message from Ofsted might encourage senior leaders (who, as I have already noted, may have an incomplete understanding of effective EYFS practice) to devalue more holistic approaches to EYFS assessment and to expect their staff to use formal tests which are not only potentially stressful for Reception children, but often give an incomplete picture of their competencies and needs.

Without formal testing whether a tornado, hurricane or wildfire event is within the expectations of natural variability, Trenberth simply asserts every tragedy is made worse by rising CO2.

Primary, secondary and university students copied all the text messages they had sent within a two day period, exactly as they'd written them, and sat formal tests of grammar and spelling.

No information is provided to show that the batches reported in the new work were of a quality compliant with GLP and so might have been used in carcinogenicity or other formal tests.

Because of the diabetes - heart disease link, all new diabetes drugs are now required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to undergo formal testing for their impact on heart and stroke outcomes.

We are absolutely not talking about formal testing here.»

You can also use them for pretests and posttests or even formal tests for credit.

Learning is not the same as rehearsing the final performance (such as the tasks required in a summative, end - of - key - stage formal test).

And the voice that said seven was too young to sit formal tests crescendoed last year, when new, much tougher Sats were introduced to assess the new, much tougher primary curriculum.

Although frequent formal testing wouldn't benefit elementary kids, Matt and Bill brainstormed how they might take the best of this high school approach and apply it at Bill's school.

Montessori Schools These schools, which typically group students by age rather than grade, shun formal testing, and encourage students to progress at their own pace, were the creation of Maria Montessori, an Italian physician who founded the first school in Rome in 1907.

However, RSMEY is designed to supplement informal observations with planned assessment opportunities such as playing a game with children, rather than by administering inappropriate formal tests.

The exam learning unit can be used for creating formal tests and with it you can create any kind of test type by adjusting settings such as the duration of the test, maximum number of tries, passing grade, etc..

Judging by the results and some other less formal testing, Kindle book purchases should reflect multiple sales as each one is a separate purchase (You can't buy 3 copies of a Kindle book at once).

Developed formal testing plans for application installation on Citrix and terminal services Windows Server platform.

Developed custom scripts, used automated tools for exploiting vulnerabilities and formal tests on web - based applications on a regular basis

Prepared formal test lab preparation procedures in conjunction with Software Quality and DCMA organizations which significantly reduced run for record preparation times.

Analyze formal test results in order to discover and report any bugs and errors, configuration issues, and interoperability flaw

For clients seeking a full service psychological assessment report, Dr. Pierce can complete formal testing for many reasons including autism and ADHD evaluations, behavior problems, general personality and emotional functioning, cognitive and dementia evaluations, intellectual functioning, disability evaluations, neuropsychological screening, and others.

Proven track record of preparing all SOX testing through formal test work papers templates in keeping with the prescribed guidelines.

In this study, researchers used formal tests to compare the cognitive ability of 58 prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy to 84 prostate cancer patients who did not receive ADT, and to 88 men without cancer.

Thus, a proper examination is a part of the learning process and not merely a formal testing of what it has accomplished to date.

Though this response might be based on simple word association, a formal test established that Koko performed better than many seven year old children when the children were tested with the same instructions concerning metaphoric associations.

In most cases, the applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal test.

I would love to use a formal test sheet — what a fabulous idea.

The results provide no evidence of marked publication bias, although the statistical power of formal tests was limited by the small number of studies available for analysis.

A formal test of this hypothesis in 1967 looked at four languages; Bouchard - Côté's algorithm looked at 637.

You don't even have to do a formal test to find a perceived exertion to stay under.

«Then, if the symptoms don't go away, they should come in for formal testing and evaluation.

However, there was no formal testing performed of these data.

Simply by paying close attention to very young students with a family history of dyslexia, or who display signs of struggling with language or reading, parents and early educators can give children access to resources early, before any formal testing — and before years of struggle.

They got rid of formal testing and uniforms and made learning project - based.

Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, counteracted that children were already facing an excessive amount of formal testing.

It is presented as a formal test booklet and follows 2016 guidance.

However, a more recent analysis by Kingston and Nash (2011) shed some doubt on this claim, pointing out that it can be implemented in many different ways, from short question - answer activities to long, formal tests.