Sentences with phrase «models were tested»

Moreover, although integrative models were tested by using structural - equation modelling or hierarchical regressions to demonstrate the predictive effect of positive youth development on problem behaviour (Jessor et al. 2003; Lent et al. 2005), these cross-sectional studies did not examine the reverse predictive effect of problem behaviour on positive youth development.

Three additional models were tested to establish the best - fitting model (Table 4).

With the objective of validating the factorial structure of the IWP Multi-Affect Indicator, several models were tested using confirmatory factor analysis.

Two SFCR models were tested across multiple sites in the current study.

Two models were tested with a set of longitudinal prospective data collected from 419 mothers and 419 fathers.

Four models were tested (one for each of the dependent variables significantly associated with role reversal).

Intervention: Two models were tested: eight weeks of group sessions facilitated by two trained volunteers and one - to - one telephone support using the 9 little LLTTF booklets

Fact: «Using data from subsets ranging in size from 777 to 1,501 children from the child supplement to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a series of multivariate regression models were tested to determine whether the effects of nonresident father involvement on child well - being vary by race, mother's education, or whether the child was born within or outside of marriage.

Two different models were tested: a global organizational justice model (with and without correlated measurement errors) and a differentiated (distributive, procedural and interactional organizational justice)... justice model (with and without correlated measurement errors).

Separate models were tested using measures of minor and major domestic violence as defined in the «Assessments» subsection.

First two alternative models were tested using Exploratory factor analysis (EFA): 1) a standard EFA to examine the factor structure and to have a baseline model for EFA comparisons, and 2) a bifactor EFA.

Then, seven CFA models were tested (three ICM - CFA models, two bifactor CFA models and two ESEM models) in the second sample.

Two separate moderated regression models were tested for each indicator of quality of life using the SPSS 17.0 statistical software package; one model tested the moderating role of marital quality in the effects of self - reported (subjective) vision controlling for visual acuity (objective vision) and the second tested the same in the effects of objective vision controlling for subjective vision.

Models were tested to ensure a lack of residual autocorrelation using the Ljung - Box portmanteau statistic [30], which indicated that all models discussed below had no residual structure (p ≥ 0.234).

Thus, we can be sure that the level of statistical significance would be abyssmal if the climate models were tested.

In all, 42 all - new or significantly refreshed models were tested.

All models were tested for effect modification by diet group.

All current and previous car seat models are tested for chemical compliance by independent laboratories.

The computer model was tested before launch by attaching the NAC to a vibration table that simulated launch.

Any results that are reported to constitute a blinded, independent validation of a statistical model (or mathematical classifier or predictor) must be accompanied by a detailed explanation that includes: 1) specification of the exact «locked down» form of the model, including all data processing steps, algorithm for calculating the model output, and any cutpoints that might be applied to the model output for final classification, 2) date on which the model or predictor was fully locked down in exactly the form described, 3) name of the individual (s) who maintained the blinded data and oversaw the evaluation (e.g., honest broker), 4) statement of assurance that no modifications, additions, or exclusion were made to the validation data set from the point at which the model was locked down and that neither the validation data nor any subset of it had ever been used to assess or refine the model being tested

This initial model was tested in a study where participants rated the funniness of verbal puns, as well as the funniness of variants of these jokes (e.g. the punchline on its own, the set - up on its own).

The idea is to ultimately transition the higher - resolution models they are testing into operation in the future.

Martinez - Trujillo, a member of Western's renowned Brain and Mind Institute, notes that most spatial memory experiments include animal models being tested in actual, real - world mazes while humans are assessed virtually, using computer screens, more often than not in a two - dimensional setting.

We can't wait for 30 years to see if a model is any good or not; models are tested against the past, against what we know happened.

Our search for these key benchmarks against which brown dwarf and exoplanet atmosphere models are tested has yielded the largest number of discoveries to date.

It gives engineers and scientists the greatest control over the flow of air, and produces the most efficient and precise results when models are tested.

Alaska officials are seeking their own version of the pay - for - performance models being tested or proposed in some of the Lower 48 states.

Some commenters suggested that turnaround models being tested were just not developed to the point where they were scientifically sound.

Although only the 2016 model was tested, IIHS says that the «Good» ratings apply to 2015 models as well.

Make a check list of the features and options you want to test in the specific vehicle model you are test driving.

The D4 R - Design model we're testing pitches the Volvo squarely in the firing line of BMW's X1 xDrive20d in M Sport trim.

The model we're testing in this video is a loaded Grand Touring edition that starts around $ 26,000.

The models we're testing includes the F - Sport Package, in addition to navigation and special red paint («Infrared») and a variable - rate steering rack.

As with all recent Volvo products, the V90 has had plug - in option added to the line - up, so here the V90 T8 TwinEngine PHEV model is tested - a rare example of an electrified exec load - lugger.

The cheapest model is the Amazon Fire HD 6, with a 6 - inch screen, and there's a slight upgrade in the model we're testing, the Amazon Fire HD 7, with its 7 - inch display.

Climate models are tested all the time against reality and are tracking reality well on the whole.

However, changing the data that the model is tested against destroys the validity of of the test.

In fact, climate models are tested against historic trends, both near history and distant history, and then tested against specific events, such as the effects of volcanic eruption.

In just about any other field of study, models are tested, and only the best ones are used.

We can't wait for 30 years to see if a model is any good or not; models are tested against the past, against what we know happened.

The problem with Schwartz is that his method undershoots the known sensitivities of the climate models it is tested against.

Unfortunately, the convinced model - makers of climatism who have been beating the drums are so dedicated to the concept of an average global temperature that they no longer even care if their models are tested and fail in every possible way: regionally, seasonally, temporally and historically.

Meteorological weather forecasting models are tested and refined on the basis of the stringent criterion of the usefulness of their forecasts.

A: Climate models are tested against what we know happened in the past and they do accurately map past climate changes.

The models are tested best in initial value applications for weather forecasting.

A 37 meter wide 25 metre long 350 tonne model was tested at the Vindeby wind park, off Lolland coast in 2008.

The ρ1 model is tested as a second, independent noise indicator for relative sea - level change (Methods).

The shifting partner compensation models are testing the bounds of a law firm's culture in the face of the business realities of running a partnership akin to a Fortune 1000 enterprise.

Mobile marketing firm Fiksu (via TechCrunch) noticed new models being tested in Cupertino, California, as well as in other nearby locations, which seems to confirm reports about Apple planning to update its iPad lineup this spring.

According to one report, it's at least testing new models in California.Mobile marketing firm Fiksu (via TechCrunch) noticed new models being tested in Cupertino, California, as well as in other nearby locations,... Read more