Sentences with phrase «initial pilot test»

Data collection included an initial pilot test with 195 students from Manitoba and 277 students from Québec.

After launching an initial pilot test in Pittsburgh in October 2016, Uber briefly tested some self - driving vehicles on the streets of San Francisco — before agreeing to halt after California's regulators protested the lack of testing permits.

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HERZLIYA, Israel, Oct 30 - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday that it was making progress on resolving technical issues facing the cutting - edge helmet being developed for use by F - 35 fighter pilots, and it cited positive initial reports from night flight tests of the system.

With initial funding from the Civil Media Company to be announced this summer, Civil Studios» central activity will be to fund and pilot ambitious works of journalism for the Civil platform that will test its limits across journalistic disciplines, formats, and business models.

Participants from the initial FGD participated in pilot testing the improved logos.

In their initial pilot study, researchers tested LLLT on 15 patients who had Hashimoto's and were treated with levothyroxine.

Testing has expanded from the initial grades 6 and 7 to cover grades 3 through 8; ANet is piloting interim assessments for 2nd graders and a set of science tests.

Initial pilot studies tested out these assumptions and determined that these types of mediated interventions can be successful in motivating students to read and complete books and increase personal understanding of the relevance of reading and writing in the lives of those who otherwise demonstrate an aversion to text - based media.

Prior to the scoring of the pilot test, the NAEP standing committee (the educators, subject matter specialists, and curriculum experts who work with NCES and contractors to oversee the development of the assessment) reviews the scoring guides in relation to initial sets of student responses from the pilot to ensure that the scoring guides make the correct distinctions among levels of performance, and that the scores can be assigned objectively, consistently, and accurately.

The program aims to fund pilot research so that scientists can test their initial ideas and generate preliminary data in order to qualify for larger grants from other organizations.

To qualify for a remote pilot certificate, an individual must either pass an initial aeronautical knowledge test at an FAA - approved knowledge testing center or have an existing non-student Part 61 pilot certificate.

In this study, we (1) developed the initial item pool based on a focus group, broad literature review and existing scales; (2) examined the psychometric properties of the scales in a pilot study among 538 middle school students; (3) examined the psychometric properties of the scales according to classical and modern test theories among a large sample of adolescents.

This sample size is thought to be sufficient to test out all key aspects of a trial (recruitment, intervention delivery, data collection) and provide a large enough sample to inform a sample size estimate for a definitive trial.47 This size of sample is sufficient to answer the feasibility and piloting questions, including initial evidence of effectiveness.

His work with these groups, funded by NIMH, NIDA, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and others, spans all phases of treatment research, including initial development and pilot testing of intervention protocols, randomized efficacy studies, and multi-site effectiveness trials.

The aims of the project are to (1) develop a culturally specific parent training intervention for Latino families with youngsters at risk for substance use and related problems, (2) evaluate implementation feasibility and initial efficacy of the intervention in a pilot study, (3) develop and refine measurement methods for assessing Latino individual family processes, and (4) test an integrative theoretical model that hypothesizes how social and acculturation contexts, family stress processes, and parenting practices are linked to predict Latino youngster adjustment.

When initial tests yield positive results, the pilots will expand to more firms within those first markets and add other markets.

However, an individual with a pilot certificate issued under 14 CFR Part 61, and who has successfully completed a flight review within the previous 24 calendar - months, is not required to pass the required initial aeronautical test.