Sentences with phrase «run validity tests»

Not exact matches

Since October, when The Wall Street Journal ran a story questioning the validity of its blood tests, healthcare startup Theranos has promised that an independent analysis of its testing services would be forthcoming.

To test the validity of the model, the scientists ran simulations using data from a second group of 120 MS patients.

In a similar vein, W. James Popham, professor emeritus at UCLA and test design expert, has concluded that the use of students» test scores to evaluate teachers «runs counter to the most important commandment of educational testing — the need for sufficient validity evidence.»

However, I don't believe that anyone has tried to emulate the model results themselves to test the validity of ECS estimates derived «empirically» from model runs.

Recommendations for verification are: 1) comparison to other models 2) degenerate tests 3) event validity 4) extreme event validity 5) extreme condition tests 6) «face» validity tests 7) fixed value tests 8) historical data validation 9) internal validity (stochastic runs) 10) multistage validation 11) parameter variability - sensitivity analysis 12) predictive validation 13) traces 14) turing tests (i didn't know what this is so googled ECWMF turing test, and i got 150 hits)

To test the validity of the nation attachment construct, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was run through AMOS 18.