Sentences with phrase «significant downward trend»

My comments were specifically about the bet referred to in # 80 — that there would be a statistically significant downward trend in lower troposphere temperatures (from RSS or UAH) from January 1998 to December 2007.

If we were of a betting sort (and there are some nasty rumors going around that we are), we would be willing to wager that the 10 - year period beginning in January 1998 and extending through December 2007 will show a statistically significant downward trend in the monthly satellite record of global temperatures.

And yes, we would have lost despite that, as indeed there will be no statistically significant downward trend in the global average temperature in the lower troposphere as measured by satellites (take your pick of either UAH or RSS datasets) from January 1998 through December 2007 (the period of our proposed bet).

The simple slope test shows that anxiety (Y) shows a significant downward trend with the increase of professional identity (X) when the campus pressure (U = 1) is high (β = − 1.848, t = − 25.8899, p < 0.001), comprehending professional identity (X) to increase a standard deviation, anxiety will reduce the 1.848 standard deviation.

In the weak pressure on the campus (U = − 1), anxiety (Y) showed a significant downward trend (β = − 2.232, t = − 30.3092, p < 0.001) with the increase in professional identity (X), comprehension of professional identity (X) for each additional standard deviation, anxiety (Y) will reduce the standard deviation of 2.232, relative to the campus pressure (U) is high, the magnitude of anxiety reduction is greater.

On the other hand, sales declined 4.4 % and 5.1 % in the third and fourth quarters, respectively, suggesting a significant downward trend has begun.