S. Gratton, T. Hertog, N. Turok,
An Observational Test of Quantum Cosmology, Physical Review D62, 2000, 063501, astro - ph / 9907212
«Future detections of circumbinary around short - period binary stars will provide the best indirect
observational test of the STEEP process.»
Future detections — «or non-detections» — of circumbinary around short - period binary stars, the authors write, will «will provide the best indirect
observational test of the STEEP process.
Surprisingly,
observational tests of the multiverse picture may in fact be possible.
Not exact matches
It's a body
of evidence that has been
tested and explains a
observational fact.
For example, in an
observational study, researchers tracked the behavior
of toddlers from the age
of two, and then
tested the children's spatial abilities when they were four and a half.
«In the case
of pharmaceuticals, the onus is on the pharmaceutical company to do the research with toxicity
testing, randomized control trials and post-exposure
observational studies,» Conry said.
Is there an
observational way
of testing the multiverse?»
Because the researchers conducted an
observational study at a single site, their findings suggest but do not prove a cause - and - effect relationship between the Early
Test program's methods and decreased incidence
of HIV.
«While these
observational data can not prove that treating patients based on the results
of CTA
testing will automatically result in better health outcomes, they do provide new information enabling a more informed choice
of testing for patients with stable chest pain, especially for predicting future cardiovascular risk.»
A wealth
of observational evidence made it possible to
test the theory against a cosmic instead
of a local background.
Although reanalysis
of the available evidence is important, the ability to properly control for bias and confounding [factors that can influence outcomes] in
observational studies is often limited, and without randomized controlled trials specifically designed to
test the hypothesis, the issue
of nonspecific effects
of vaccines may remain subject to continuing debate.»
«The PURE study is
observational in design and does not
test directly whether reducing sodium intake in a population reduces cardiovascular disease outcomes compared to a comparable population, selected at random, that consumes moderate amounts
of sodium.»
The
observational study correlated a measure
of the voice pitch
of members
of the United States Congress with a measure
of their leadership ability to
test whether members with lower - pitched voices are more effective leaders.
As a whole, now the conceptual transition occurs from proving the inflationary paradigm in general and
testing some
of its simplest models to applying it for investigation
of particle physics at super-high energies and
of the actual history
of the Universe in the remote past using
observational data.
The researchers are using data from the three detections to subject Einstein's theory
of general relativity to increasingly stringent
observational tests.
Observational astronomers design and carry out observing programs with a telescope or spacecraft to answer a question or
test the predictions
of theories.
Turok's research focuses on developing fundamental theories
of cosmology and new
observational tests.
We make use
of measurements
of dEBs in the c... ▽ More The open clusters in the Kepler and CoRoT fields potentially provide tight constraints for
tests of stellar models and
observational methods because they allow a combination
of complementary methods.
Abstract: The open clusters in the Kepler and CoRoT fields potentially provide tight constraints for
tests of stellar models and
observational methods because they allow a combination
of complementary methods.
The
testing is a lot more
observational within the sport
of crossfit, and the reason being is that they don't have a clue exactly what they're training for.
Another possible explanation is that non-Hispanic blacks may be less susceptible to the metabolic effects
of sugars, although this hypothesis needs to be further
tested.12, 54,56 Finally, although
observational studies are important in improving our understanding
of nutrient - disease relationships, they should not be directly interpreted as evidence
of causal relationships without considering other lines
of evidence.57
Evaluations should not be based exclusively on
test scores but should — as a new agreement in New York State affirms — use a combination
of evaluation methods that include
test scores and other
observational methods.
Well friends, thanks to the recent adoption
of HTML5 and CSS3 coding; most eLMSs have the bandwidth to provide you with graph charts on every reporting element that matters i.e.
test performance, SCORM and xAPI values, evaluation surveys, and
observational task results.
Questions
test students» knowledge
of... Drawing •
Observational Drawing • Tone • Line Drawings • Tone Drawings • Mark Making • Primary and Secondary Sources • Quality
of Line • Negative space Colour Theory • Primary colours • Secondary colours • Contrasting colours • Tertiary Colours • Tints Shades • Warm Colours • Cold Colours Analysing an Artwork This part
of the exam gives students the opportunity to analyse an artwork within a structured worksheet.
In this exploratory study, we will develop and
test professional development aligned with the Mathematical Quality
of Instruction
observational instrument.
The types
of data discussed include classroom and large - scale assessments, early literacy
testing, RTI data,
observational data, and program evaluations.
Observational models restrict the sample to students who were in Boston in the year
of the relevant
test.
The
observational analysis controls for demographic and background characteristics as well as students» lagged
test scores (for example, the elementary school scores
of middle school students).
Constructed - Response and TE Items), Multiple Assessment Types (Benchmark, Formative, Interim / End -
of - Course Exams, Pretests / Posttests, Multi-Stage Computerized Adaptive
Tests [MCAT], Screening and Progress Monitoring Assessments,
Observational Assessments),
Test Planning,
Test Construction, Bulk / Class Calendar Scheduling, Online
Testing Interface, Printing Capability,
Test Scoring
Because value - added measures adjust for the characteristics
of students in a given classroom, they are less biased measures
of teacher performance than are unadjusted
test score measures, and they may be less biased even than some
observational measures.
Polikoff found that «state
tests indeed vary considerably in their correlations with
observational and student survey measures
of effective teaching.»
This is particularly important as illustrated in the prior post (Footnote 8
of the full piece to be exact), because «Teacher effectiveness ratings were based on, in order
of importance by the proportion
of weight assigned to each indicator [including first and foremost]: (1) scores derived via [this] district - created and purportedly «rigorous» (Dee & Wyckoff, 2013, p. 5) yet invalid (i.e., not having been validated)
observational instrument with which teachers are observed five times per year by different folks, but about which no psychometric data were made available (e.g., Kappa statistics to
test for inter-rater consistencies among scores).»
The bill cements the use
of test scores to evaluate and make high - stakes decisions (e.g., tenure) about teachers, along with
observational measures.
If interested, see the Review
of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review
of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized
tests in VAMs here; see the Review
of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; and see the Review
of Article # 4 — on
observational systems» potentials here.
If interested, see the Review
of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review
of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized
tests in VAMs here; see the Review
of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review
of Article # 4 — on
observational systems» potentials here; see the Review
of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions
of observations and student growth here; see the Review
of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; see the Review
of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review
of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment
of VAMs» potentials here and Part II on «a modest solution» provided to us by Linda Darling - Hammond here.
If interested, see the Review
of Article # 1 — the introduction to the special issue here; see the Review
of Article # 2 — on VAMs» measurement errors, issues with retroactive revisions, and (more) problems with using standardized
tests in VAMs here; see the Review
of Article # 3 — on VAMs» potentials here; see the Review
of Article # 4 — on
observational systems» potentials here; see the Review
of Article # 5 — on teachers» perceptions
of observations and student growth here; see the Review
of Article (Essay) # 6 — on VAMs as tools for «egg - crate» schools here; and see the Review
of Article (Commentary) # 7 — on VAMs situated in their appropriate ecologies here; and see the Review
of Article # 8, Part I — on a more research - based assessment
of VAMs» potentials here.
The finding shows a significant effect
of the teachers» professional development on paired t -
tests, t (22) = 4.72, p <.0001, based on the
observational data.
See also the recommendations offered, some with which I agree on the
observational side (e.g., ensuring that teachers receive multiple observations during a school year by multiple evaluators), and none with which I agree on the value - added side (e.g., use at least two years
of student achievement data in teacher evaluation ratings — rather, researchers agree that three years
of value - added data are needed, as based on at least four years
of student - level
test data).
Regardless
of the
tests, however, all
of the secondary measures to be used to evaluate Alabama teachers (e.g., student and parent survey scores,
observational scores) are also to be «correlated with impacts on student achievement results.»
The elementary versions
of this new
test — called NOTE, or the National
Observational Teacher Examination — will be in place in 2016.
Neither did I until I took a look at the new «National
Observational Teaching Exam,» or NOTE, brought to you by the Educational
Testing Service (ETS)-- the same company that brings us the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), the SAT, the PRAXIS
tests, the AP Exams, and the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (NAEP).
No, that is not correct, both papers seek to determine whether the
observational data are consistent with the models, however Douglass et al use a statistical
test that actually answers a different question, namely «is there a statistically significant difference between the mean trend
of the ensemble and the observed trend».
[Response: True with some moderations: depending on how long the
observational series are and how many independent parallel observations you make, there is an expected number
of record - events according to the iid -
test.
There are limited
observational data to start with, insufficient
testing of climate model simulations
of extremes, and (so far) limited assessment
of model projections.
A series
of sensitivity
tests show that our detection results are robust to
observational data coverage change, interpolation methods, influence
of natural climate variability on observations, and different model sampling (see Supplementary Information).
My goal is to find some interesting
observational tests suggesting constrains
of climate sensitivity or cloud feedback.
And the very inconvenient truth is that none
of them would be able to pass such a validation
test since all
of them fail reproducing correctly
observational data.
However, if those sensitivity
tests confirm the inter-model relationship (green arrow in Figure 1), the credibility
of assumed physical mechanisms and
observational constraints on climate change projections increases.
The manuscript uses a simple energy budget equation (as employed e.g. by Gregory et al 2004, 2008, Otto et al 2013) to
test the consistency between three recent «assessments»
of radiative forcing and climate sensitivity (not really equilibrium climate sensitivity in the case
of observational studies).