Unfortunately, owning a number of stocks that have
similar characteristics does not provide adequate diversification.
Not exact matches
Finding a few species with
characteristics similar to two other species
does not prove a link.
Rather, just as Jesus led His disciples to
do similar but different things than He had
done, so also, He will lead us to
do things that might be
similar to what He
did, but will have our own unique
characteristics, traits, and shape.
In a case - control study, researchers identify a group of cases (here, the babies who died of SIDS) and compare them to a control group of babies / families with
similar characteristics to find out what could account for differences in outcomes (one group died from SIDS; one
did not).
The 2 groups of women appeared to have
similar baseline
characteristics: «Dyads in the intervention and control group
did not differ with regard to maternal age, education, type of medical coverage, week at which prenatal care was initiated, infant gestational age at birth, race, or rate of vaginal delivery».
The study also identifies many less obvious evolutionary «analogues,» where species have evolved certain properties and
characteristics that
do not appear to be alike, but are actually very
similar.
«There's the possibility of a benign collision when the cosmological
characteristics of the alien bubble are
similar to ours, so that it doesn't destroy us but recedes away.»
They estimated that RSPO certification reduced — but
did not eliminate — deforestation in certified Indonesian plantations by about 30 percent, as compared to their noncertified counterparts with
similar characteristics.
«If scientists want to test drugs for dementia, Alzheimer's or autism, ideal models would react similarly to humans in regards to the reduction of symptoms, outbreak of side effects, such as enduring the same lesions as humans
do, or exhibiting
similar behavioral
characteristics,» said Latham, who's with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and an MSU AgBioResearch scientist.
Hi Kate, I was so pleased to read that your clients generally don't have problems with garlic scapes, and then started to wonder how many other vegetables (and parts of those vegetables) might have
similar characteristics.
«Indeed, even physiological aging is characterized by a progressive decline of motor abilities and patho - anatomic features of neuronal degeneration in the brain, which in many ways are
similar to key
characteristics of PD (but which
do not evoke clinically - relevant signs of PD).»
It's important to acknowledge, of course, that possessing
similar demographic
characteristics doesn't always translate to a shared cultural heritage.
Propensity Score Matching was used to create a control group of students who
did not take part in CREST, but had
similar characteristics to those who
did.
This group includes only 105 students, however, and we find that the treatment and control groups
did not have
similar characteristics at the beginning of the study.
These groupings provide initial evidence that the most
similar schools across all
characteristics do not share the same governing agency and type.
If you're working with a regional or national partner, how
does your students» feedback compare to feedback from other students in a comparable group — like state or national benchmarks, or other schools with
similar characteristics such as rural or high - poverty schools?
Databases with student test scores and background
characteristics provide
similar information, but they require greater expertise to analyze than
do already - adjusted value - added scores.
The CT SDE presentation (below) offers
similar statistics and a chart highlighting some demographics of charter schools versus «alliance» and all other districts, but it
does not caution the reader these
characteristics could impact test results and comparisons.
Comparing schools with
similar demographic
characteristics, suspended students are more likely to reoffend, and schools with higher suspension rates
do worse academically overall.
This enabled the CREST participants to be matched with a control group of students who
did not take part in CREST, but had
similar characteristics to those who
did.
Researchers, he says, need «to break the data out and look at a rich set of
characteristics and compare how kids are
doing in a given state to
similar kids around the country, rather than just looking at the average scores.»
You're more likely to see rebalancing increase returns with asset classes that don't move in lockstep but have
similar risk and return
characteristics.
«Oh... but Adam, it doesn't have to perfectly replicate... it just has to have some
similar characteristics.»
Similar physical characteristics do not always equate to similar behavior
Similar physical
characteristics do not always equate to
similar behavior
similar behavior traits.
Whatever the case, the two Corgis are
similar in appearance to a casual observer, but
do have distinct
characteristics.
We don't know for sure, but in some towns, all that would matter is that he «presents
characteristics»
similar to the American pit bull terrier.
In terms of general features, specifics and
characteristics, the Drifting Series is very
similar to the Racing series above so we don't go over these again in detail.
«Heavy Rain has
similar characteristics to The Last of Us in interweaving story and gameplay, but
does not get overly repetitive.»
The area surrounding the Goggle Works has
characteristics very
similar to Paducah, KY (which has
done an outstanding job with their artists relocation program).
Though the term is applied to a wide range of plays, some
characteristics coincide in many of the plays: broad comedy, often
similar to vaudeville, mixed with horrific or tragic images; characters caught in hopeless situations forced to
do repetitive or meaningless actions; dialogue full of clichés, wordplay, and nonsense; plots that are cyclical or absurdly expansive; either a parody or dismissal of realism and the concept of the «well - made play».
What we can
do is produce analogs to the real world which have
similar spatial and temporal
characteristics and identical sampling.
Does it have
similar characteristics to the mid-career professional resume sample you viewed?
Does it have
similar characteristics to the sales resume sample?
Although paraprofessionals can have a range of formal preparation for their roles, we chose to examine paraprofessional visitors who share many of the social
characteristics of the families they serve, as many believe that shared social
characteristics increase visitors» ability to empathize with their clients who, in turn, are more likely to trust those who are
similar to them.20, 21 This segment of the paraprofessional population is important to test as the use of community health workers with limited educational backgrounds is a common service delivery strategy in many home visiting programs, 22,23 and it is estimated that 60 % of home visiting programs for children
do not require visitors to have bachelors» degrees.24
We will use two comparison groups for this analysis: (1) children recorded in the KiDS database as eligible for the Brighter Futures Program who
did not participate; and (2) a propensity - matched comparison group from the whole study population, matched on individual - level
characteristics similar to those outlined in the methods to address objectives 1 and 2.
Correlations between the scores are much higher in this instance than with the previous comparison, indicating that children's social and behavioural
characteristics remain more
similar over the first two years of primary school than they
do in the period from pre-school into primary school.
Specifically, individuals are not forced into a cluster when their
characteristics do not fit completely to one cluster or if they show a mix of
characteristics that makes them
similar to more than one cluster.