Sentences with phrase «number of participants indicated»

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic...

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 percent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

«A number of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 per cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open Market Committee said in the records of its March 20 - 21 meeting.

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Nevertheless, in light of the latest sluggish inflation figures and dovish comments by a number of Fed officials, there was increased skepticism among many market participants about whether policymakers would go ahead and implement another rise in interest rates before the end of the year, as indicated by the Fed's projections for monetary policy.

Numbers of participants in nonobese [BMI (in kg / m2): < 30] and obese (BMI ≥ 30.0) groups, respectively, are as follows: timely OL (□; n = 102 and 34) and delayed OL (▪; n = 49 and 33)[P < 0.0001 within the nonobese BMI group and P = 0.001 within the obese BMI group (chi - square analysis); Breslow - Day test for homogeneity of the odds ratios (P = 0.6267), indicating that there was not a significant difference by BMI group in the association between delayed OL and excess neonatal weight loss].

Participants indicated what types of exercise they did and how many minutes per week they did each exercise, and then the researchers calculated a special number called a «hazard ratio» (HR) over the 8 - year period of each person's participation in the study (19).

In the retrospective analysis of self - reported questionnaires, he found that while seeking sex online was associated with greater numbers of sexual partners, one - night stands, sex without condoms and failure to discuss partners» sexual histories, participants» daily diaries indicated that unprotected sex was less likely to occur with partners who met online than with partners who met elsewhere.

Despite the number of single player games indicating otherwise, Game & Wario isn't at its best when played alone — with multiple willing participants it's a hoot and, while it doesn't match up to Nintendo Land as Wii U's premier multiplayer experience, it certainly has its share of games that you're going to want to play again and again.

The 2015 survey saw a 300 percent increase in the number of participants over the first survey, which DCL CEO Mark Gross believes indicates that publisher are realizing that things are changing and how important it is to respond to readers» demands for multi-channel outputs.

The CFPB has received a number of complaints from private student loan borrowers, indicating that market participants may not always have adequate proof that they own a loan that is allegedly in default, as well as complaints of improper — and potentially illegal — conduct when active - duty servicemembers seek their legal right to an interest rate cap on their student loans.

The research indicates that when DC plans offer distribution options alongside a one - time lump - sum benefit payment, a good number of retiring plan participants are interested in, and take advantage, of these options.

Wilmingon, DE (April 17, 2017)-- While the hotbeds of heartworm disease haven't changed dramatically in the past three years, the incidence numbers reported by participants in the 2016 American Heartworm Society (AHS) Incidence Survey indicate that the average number of positive cases per veterinary clinic has been inching upwards.

The astonishingly high number of 44 participants indicates a keen interest in the project.

Additionally, a number of survey participants indicated that they chose to add bitcoin payments as a means to reduce costs, tap into consumer interest or simply support the bitcoin ecosystem as a whole.

Scores on single - item measures denoted the percentage of audited street segments within a buffer with that particular attribute, while scores on multiple - item measures represented the percentage of the maximum obtainable score averaged across audited street segments within a buffer.23 For example, a buffer consisting of three audited street segments with respective scores on «presence of people» (assessed by four items) of 4 (representing 100 % of the maximum obtainable score), 3 (75 %) and 3 (75 %) was assigned an aggregate score of 83.3 % (ie, the sum of 100 %, 75 % and 75 % divided by three).23 In addition, a diversity score was computed for recreational destinations indicating the number of different types of recreational destinations present in a participant's residential buffer.

Finally, researchers also asked participants to indicate «number of times they had engaged in sexual intercourse with their partner over the prior 4 months.»

Participants indicated their current happiness on a long line anchored with «not at all happy» and «very happy» (Researchers use a line instead of exact numbers to minimize participants» ability to simply provide the exact same answer twice and to help detect small dParticipants indicated their current happiness on a long line anchored with «not at all happy» and «very happy» (Researchers use a line instead of exact numbers to minimize participants» ability to simply provide the exact same answer twice and to help detect small dparticipants» ability to simply provide the exact same answer twice and to help detect small differences).

Interestingly, in one study on the timing of sex in a relationship, people do endorse the third date rule for the «average» man.3 In one study, participants thought about their most recent relationship and indicated the number of dates they went on before they engaged in sexual activity.

Participants were asked to indicate the number of years of education with response options ranging from 7 to 24.

We used five criteria to determine the number of profiles: 1) Bayesian information criterion (BIC) with lower values indicating better fit, 2) Bootstrapped Likelihood - Ratio Test (BLRT) which tests whether an additional profile improves the model, 3) Entropy with values towards 1 indicating better classification, 4) Profiles should include at least 1 % of the participants, 5) An additional profile should differ considerably in severity or shape from the other profiles.

Cuijpers (2003) indicates that the low base rate of depression in children and adolescents and small effect sizes for universal trials, make it difficult to detect effects without a substantial number of participants.

Participants were asked to indicate how often such events occurred on a Likert scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (always) with higher scores reflecting a greater number of negative life events.