That detailed inventory then forms an objective basis for answering the further questions of: (1) what data have we got now; (2) how reliable, and of what true value, is that data; (3) what more do we need, and why; and (4) what specific implications does a lack of necessary data have concerning
the overall validity of the engineering analysis itself.
Although the minister still has confidence in
the overall validity of the IPCC report, he wants to see «a thorough investigation into how the error originated and was communicated.»
But he added that a disagreement over a single paper had little to do with
the overall validity of climate science.
If traveling at a reduced rate, the travel may take place at any time, provided it is within
the overall validity of the Eurail Pass, even if all the travel days in the calendar have been used up.
«However given the limitation of this research the NUT concurs with Ofsted that further research is required in order to establish the reliability of inspection more broadly as well as investigating
the overall validity of school inspection for determining school quality.
Her journey and that of others cited throughout the book adds to
the overall validity of the guide, which ends with an honest look at how sugar arrangements are sweet for many, but are not for everyone.
These include
the overall validity of the radical - pair mechanism, whether birds might have evolved to be able to detect minute magnetic changes and have thus become susceptible to human - produced radio noise as a side - effect, or even whether applied electromagnetic fields might be affecting a different behavior — such as motivation — altogether.
So because some women become distaught after an abortion means absolutely nothing to
the overall validity of the anti-abortion stance.
Not exact matches
Concerns over
validity aside, it has been proposed that P - EMG provides a good indicator
of the maximal EMG amplitude during performance
of the muscle action, while A-EMG provides a better indicator
of the
overall EMG amplitude averaged across the whole movement (Hibbs et al. 2011).
[17] This is a big problem for internal
validity because we are left with the result that parents who refused participation in the Abecedarian program were less willing or able to commit to a long - term early childhood intervention for their children than the
overall population
of families who were recruited into the study.
Accordingly, even though their data for this part
of this study come from one district, their findings are similar to others evidenced in the «Widget Effect» report; hence, there are still likely educational measurement (and
validity) issues on both ends (i.e., with using such observational rubrics as part
of America's reformed teacher evaluation systems and using survey methods to put into check these systems,
overall).
Gathering construct - related evidence
of validity requires defining the construct to be measured (e.g., teacher effectiveness) and logically determining whether all
of the instruments and measures used to assess the construct represent and capture the construct well, and ultimately support the accuracy
of the
overall interpretations and inferences derived.
Our performance based education model assesses content standards in two different ways bodies
of evidence and secured assessments which provide checks and balances for each other, thus offering an
overall validity to the assessment process.
Joining the ranks
of world renowned sports cars like the 2007 Porsche 911 GT3, the 2008 Audi R8, the 2009 Porsche Cayman S, the 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia, the 2012 Porsche Carrera 25, and the 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, and winning such a lauded award lends
validity to the
overall mission
of General Motor's Global Product Development Team to further the outstanding legacy
of the original SCCA Trans AM - series contender, originally introduced in 1967.
Currently, 49 %
of Employers in the United States use your credit, in part, to determine the
validity of your resume, your stability, verify your education (via a history
of student loans) and your
overall credit worth.
[9] Among their concerns, are the use
of potential rather than actual impacts, and the
validity of the underlying science — as well as the
overall lack
of rigor involved in developing such estimates.
While there are moments
of insight when encountering specific works within the biennial
overall, these three curators, with perhaps the exception
of Comer, do little to change or even exaggerate the conversations that are occurring and laying one atop the other through various discourse - driven platforms that fuel the believed
validity of contemporary art altogether.
For this reason I don't have much hope that any simple model can give a good
overall description
of the Earth system, except as an parameterization, whose approximate
validity is confirmed over some limited range by comparison with empirical data that covers that whole range — or a complex model that has been validated well enough by some set
of empirical data.
Interesting to note
overall, scientists and statistical analysis experts who dispute the
validity of the «overwhelming scientific consensus» in lengthy detail would be barred from testifying about it because there is an «overwhelming scientific consensus.»
While I do not necessarily question the competence
of the research or the
validity of their points as to the fuzziness
of the Ecological Footprint, the
overall trend for the world's ecological health continues its - seemingly - inexorable decline.
Provided assistance and advice to companies and individuals regarding the
overall validity and individual terms
of their corporate contracts.
The application in this case was only an effort to stall implementation
of the policy and did not rule on the policy's
overall validity.
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS • Enhanced
overall testing
validity by 45 % through implementation
of high quality testing strategies • Reduced average testing time by 10 minutes per candidate by proactive material provision • Received employee
of the year, 2012
The 18 - item questionnaire contains 3 subscales (frequency, dietary, and soilage) with published test - retest reliability
of 0.74, 0.62, and 0.87, respectively, and 0.84 for the
overall instrument.43 The Bowel Function Index demonstrated discriminant
validity among survivors with preoperative radiation therapy, postoperative radiation therapy, or no radiation therapy; among local excision, low anterior resection, and coloanal anastomosis; and between hand - sewn and stapled anastomosis.
The
overall goal
of this review was to conduct an external evaluation
of the scientific
validity of the Paths to QUALITY standards.
Overall, this Swedish - language version
of the CPVI was found to have satisfactory reliability and
validity.
Instead, different methods and approaches are combined to present the
overall construct
validity of a test.
Heene et al. confirmed reliability and
validity of the
overall scale.
Correlations
of the subscales with the measure
of current attraction show good construct
validity for behavioral, emotional, and cognitive subscales (significant correlations with
overall ratings
of physical attraction).
However, further study should extend this examination
of concurrent
validity by looking at its association with other indicators
of wellbeing, such as
overall stress (Frone 2000), family cohesion (Bond et al. 1998) and so on.