Sentences with phrase «in a given population»

You have a huge number of individuals that must be measured and so in that given population, we know what a standard bell curve distribution is.

They need to know very accurately what the chances are of something occurring in a given population in a given location.

Economists view the employment rate as a good barometer of overall strength in labour markets because it reflects the portion of people in any given population that has jobs.

Most forms of higher education lower the rate of theism in a given population group.

Proponents of this idea argue that raising the threshold would keep free meals from going to kids who aren't actually economically distressed, while critics charge that doing so would harm children legitimately in need of assistance because the 40 percent threshold doesn't come close to capturing all the impoverished kids in a given population.

Infant Mortality - Postnatal deaths from BIRTH to 365 days after birth in a given population.

It's well known that the maternal death rate in any given population is a very good indicator of the overall health status of that population, as is infant mortality.

She had helped devise a computer program to predict the spread of HIV in a given population based on such factors as the number of sexual partners people had and the duration of those relationships.

If the data in a data set — say, people's heights in a given population — is well - described by a Gaussian distribution, then the mean is just the arithmetic average.

The researchers» algorithm assumes that the largest variations in a given population are the results of differences between subpopulations, filters those differences out, and hones in on the ones that remain.

But getting a swarm of microbes to work together can be as hard as herding cats; cells in a given population tend to work at cross purposes.

International education also became a priority of Ylvisaker's administration: The Project for Human Potential helped educational policymakers find the means of achieving a full range of development possibilities in a given population, and the Office of International Education was created.

Scientists estimate that if more than than one percent of female orangutans in a given population are killed in a year, that population will go extinct — a figure that doesn't bode well for the Kalimantan apes.

A veterinarian can determine if noncore vaccines are indicated in a given population and help to create a tailored protocol that will best facilitate disease control.

Although it's technically caused by a coronavirus, many cats — even most in a given population — can test positive for the virus and never become ill.

epidemic appearance of an abnormally high number of cases of infection in a given population; can also refer to noninfectious diseases (e.g., heart disease) or to acute events such as chemical toxicity

In any given population of foxes, for example, some will be individuals with thicker fur which would be an advantage should the climate temperature lower.

Although only around 1 in 25 cats (on average) in any given population are infected with FIV, it has been shown that around 1 in 6 cats that have suffered a cat bite wound will subsequently test positive.