Sentences with phrase «significant average difference»

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As shown above, the number of pages was a significant difference between Best in Class and the Industry Average with 104 pages vs. 48 respectively.

Thus, at average wages and salaries, there is a significant gap to be filled by third pillar income to eliminate the difference between what is available from OAS, C / QPP and GIS, and a replacement rate target of 70 per cent.

A significant reversal candle would be defined as the ETF or stock trading at least one ATR (Average Trading Range, or average difference between intraday low to high) and the price action «undercuts» the moving average, but the price reverses to close near its intraday high (generally in the upper third of the day's Average Trading Range, or average difference between intraday low to high) and the price action «undercuts» the moving average, but the price reverses to close near its intraday high (generally in the upper third of the day's average difference between intraday low to high) and the price action «undercuts» the moving average, but the price reverses to close near its intraday high (generally in the upper third of the day's average, but the price reverses to close near its intraday high (generally in the upper third of the day's range).

It's more accurate to say that each week we have a small, statistically insignificant and wholly unreliable forecast for the coming week's market direction, but that when grouped over a large number of instances, the differences in the average return / risk profile of different Market Climates are highly statistically significant.

Comparing mothers where there was some presence of their partner at visits with those where there were none, there was a small but significant difference; when fathers were present the mother's average involvement rating was higher.

Increased time for prenatal appointments was associated with higher scale scores (see Table 6), and there were significant differences between providers with respect to average time spent in prenatal appointments (see Fig 4).

Increased time for prenatal appointments was associated with higher scale scores, and there were significant differences between providers with respect to average time spent in prenatal appointments.

The researchers found that there were no statistically significant differences in average composite scores on measures of cognitive, language, or motor skills between groups.

The results of that analysis indicated that facilities in zip code areas where the percentage of black residents was > 12.2 % (the national average during 2007 — 2011) were less likely than facilities in zip code areas where the percentage was ≤ 12.2 % to meet five of 10 mPINC indicators for recommended practices supportive of breastfeeding and more likely to implement one practice; differences for the other four practices were not statistically significant.

But the averages disguise some significant differences — not least that 44 % of Tory members are aged 65 or over, compared with 29 per cent of Labour members, 30 % of Lib Dem members and 32 % of SNP members.

(According to M & R Strategies 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, the average donation rate on an email is.08 %, meaning you have to email to tens of thousands of people just to get tens of donations — which is what you'll need to see an significant difference from one approach to another).

WHEREAS, women make up 50 % of the population in Santa Clara County but face significant economic disparities, with an average pay difference that is larger than the national wage gap of $.72 for a man's dollar, with women holding advanced degrees earning roughly $ 40,000 less than their male counterparts, and 11 % of the County's female population living in poverty and approximately 33 % of the homeless population being women and girls, and

A new study suggests that it would take at least 25 years for a significant difference in the rise of average temperatures to be detected after pollution cuts were in place

The study also showed significant variations by region, with some areas showing higher than average emissions because of large differences in the age and type of pipe in different parts of the US.

While there were no significant differences in body composition across the different dosage groups, the researchers found children who had vitamin D stores above the threshold recommended by the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) averaged around 450 grams less body fat at 3 years of age.

A comparison of the number of symptoms cited at baseline showed no significant difference between the two age groups (average number of symptoms: 3.4 in the younger group and 2.5 in the older group, p < 0.111).

In white carriers of the CYP1B1 * 3 variation, the average time - to - menopause in heavy smokers, light smokers, and nonsmokers was 10.41 years, 10.42 years, and 11.08 years, respectively — a statistically significant difference although not as stark as the findings for the CYP3A4 * 1B variant.

There are significant differences among fields, with the average Ph.D. in chemistry taking just 3.3 years, compared to 5 years in the humanities.

They also found significant differences among strains in both the average lag response (the amount of time it takes to transition from cell quiescence to restarting cell growth) and average growth rates in response to different environmental conditions.

The researchers report today in the journal Public Library of Science: Medicine that people who consistently slept less than five fours a night had significant differences in the hormones leptin and ghrelin as compared with people who slept an average of eight hours a night.

There were no significant differences between the two groups, although both sets of children showed more behavioral problems than average — a finding that Eyler and Behnke attribute to poverty and bad living conditions.

Although babies born less than a month premature don't usually face significant health costs, he says that the difference is meaningful when averaged over a large population.

The children from nonreligious households left 4.1 stickers on average, a statistically significant difference from Christian children (3.3) and Muslim ones (3.2).

As of 1997, significant pay differences existed between federally employed men and women in botany: The Commission of Professionals in Science and Technology's (CPST's) October 1998 edition of the Salaries of Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians reported that while the average salary for civilian botanists was $ 43,372, women took home an annual wage that was on average $ 7700 less ($ 39,664 vs. $ 47,385) than their male counterparts.

On average, study participants who received GM - CSF had their maximum walking time increase almost a minute (53 seconds) more than the placebo group, although the difference was not statistically significant.

Somewhat surprisingly, the quality of care among the 77 cases flagged as PPRs was slightly better than the 23 unflagged cases (total average scores of 71.2 vs. 65.8 out of 100), although this difference was not statistically significant.

There was no significant difference in the distribution of average CADD scores between cases and controls.

There were no significant differences in average DNA methylation for these regions between diabetic and nondiabetic co-twins.

The average chance of having a baby after up to four IVF attempts was 59 percent for women with IVF coverage and 51 percent for those without coverage — a statistically significant difference, the researchers said.

There was a significant difference of the average clearance rate for amyloid - beta between the 12 early Alzheimer's individuals and the 12 normal individuals.

The difference in peak glucose levels in response to breakfast averaged was large enough to suggest a clinically significant impairment of glucose tolerance.

So with enough sweet potatoes and exercise, maybe a little extra fat isn't the end of the world (or maybe there are in fact significant differences in long term health outcomes that aren't being addressed), but unfortunately these nuances often get lost in translation and the average reader thinks oh goody, coconut oil ad libitum, and will surpass what the islanders were eating in total fat consumption, without incorporating all of the other health promoting diet and lifestyle factors: activity, sweet potatoes and other low fat high fiber foods, community, stress reduction, etc..

Even in guys with an average of four years training behind them, researchers found no significant difference in muscle growth after 12 weeks of training with sets of 20 - 25 reps versus sets of 8 - 12 reps [13].

On average, there was no significant difference in perceived anxiety or depression according to diet composition.

Our students have significant social and economic disadvantage and although our NAPLAN results indicate improvement greater than the state they are below state average, however we understand from experience that knowing where students are in terms of skills and developing a scaffolded learning program can make a difference.

On average, the estimates of per - pupil spending offered by homeowners were $ 427 higher than those of non-homeowners, a difference that is not statistically significant.

You are both good enough statisticians to know that averages across multiple cases (which I reported) are more informative than case - by - case comparisons (which you rely upon), each of which is noisy and therefore more likely to show no statistically significant difference.

But, when we say there are, on average, 137 students away every Friday and on a Wednesday there are 70 students away, it's a significant difference.

The reading performance of students at the five schools was, on average, 18 percent of a standard deviation below what could have been expected had the schools been under district management, a difference that is statistically significant in three of the six years.

The researchers also point out there were 1290 unique school and grade combinations in the study sample — an average of 40 students per combination — which meant it «lacked statistical power to find significant differences between treatment conditions or grade levels».

While there was no significant difference in the grade point averages of students in the program and their district peers, graduation rates were higher for dual enrollees than their peers, the analysis found.

Charter schools have higher normalized SAT scores than traditional schools: With respect to SAT scores, when we normalized the comparison between the LAUSD Alliance charter and LAUSD traditional schools under consideration to equalize the rate of test participation, we found that the Alliance charter students outperformed the LAUSD traditional students with average scores of 1417 vs. 1299 — a significant difference.

Significant differences were also noted between the scores of the average ability and moderately gifted students, with the moderately gifted scoring at levels which suggested that they had progressed further through Selman's hierarchy of friendship conceptions than had their average ability age - peers.

As can be seen, statistically significant differences were found in all six samples, with highly significant differences appearing between the average ability groups and the exceptionally / profoundly gifted groups.

Since the only differences in the profiles across participants will be the gender or racial origin of the names on top, we would expect no significant difference by race or gender in the average likelihood of survey participants recommending a particular student profile for advanced coursework.

It may be possible that a given state or jurisdiction has a numerically higher average scale score than the nation or another state but that the difference is not statistically significant, while another state with the same average score may show a statistical significance compared to the nation or the other state.

In music, students averaged 150 on a scale of 300 eight years ago, and last year the average score was 147 — not a statistically significant difference.

An informal study we did a couple of years ago showed that if we increased compensation an average of $ 10,000 per year to the highest performing new teachers in years 3 through 7, it would make a significant difference in their choices.

After one year of AMSTI implementation, students in the treatment schools scored, on average, two percentile points higher on the SAT 10 mathematics problem solving assessment than their control group counterparts, and the difference was statistically significant.

Perhaps just as important, given the difficulty of finding, training and retaining outstanding teachers, is that the difference in long - term outcome between students who have average teachers and those with poor - performing ones is as significant as the difference between those who have excellent teachers and those with average ones, the study found.