Sentences with phrase «measurement error drives»

However, classical measurement theory tells us that measurement error drives estimates towards zero.

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However, the fact that we find very «precise zeros» — that is, we don't find statistically significant relationships even though we have the statistical power in our data to detect even very modest relationships — implies that neither measurement error nor a lack of sufficient variation are what's driving our inability to detect a relationship between teaching and research quality.

Well, this is the same Federal government that can not spare a dime (or more than 0.25 FTE) for bringing up its temperature measurement sites (whose output help drive this whole bill) to its own standards, allowing errors and biases in the measurements 2 - 3 times larger than the historic warming signal we are trying to measure.