Sentences with phrase «small deviations in»

The room shape itself is important, especially for a surround sound system which needs to deliver the optimum performance for multiple seating positions, but even small deviations in position can make a loudspeaker sound considerably better.

Within historical structures, such as narrative, comedy, and minimalism, she produces small deviations in form.

These maps were drawn before the Court's 2013 decision tossing out much of the Voting Rights Act, and they contain small deviations in population (less than 10 percent at their peak) across districts.

I don't measure the ingredients precisely, and it will still be very good with small deviations in proportion.

All the efforts of a dog trainer can be spoiled with just a small deviation in training at home.

Not exact matches

There is not the slightest deviation in tempo or pitch, not the smallest variation in harmonic or overtone which is not readily measurable by the appropriate instruments.

In a footnote Griffin argues that my argument for this is unsound, because I «downplay the extent to which, over time, even very small deviations from the divine aims would lead to enormous gaps between the actual and what would have been ideal in an abstract sense.&raquIn a footnote Griffin argues that my argument for this is unsound, because I «downplay the extent to which, over time, even very small deviations from the divine aims would lead to enormous gaps between the actual and what would have been ideal in an abstract sense.&raquin an abstract sense.»

The main problem with Hasker's argument is his attempt to downplay the extent to which, over time, even very small deviations from the divine aims would lead to enormous gaps between the actual and what would have been ideal in an abstract sense.

To enlighten you my friend, lets take a small deviation and witness the ridiculous summer debauchery of Manchester United, who let slip they had money and need for players, overpaying more than 20 million in a few deals also which included meaningless high salary.

And while with more voters the standard deviation becomes larger in absolute terms, it becomes smaller as a percentage of the vote.

Every standard deviation increase in the inflammation score was also associated with a hippocampus volume that was 110 cubic millimeters smaller and the volume of other areas affected by Alzheimer's disease was 532 cubic millimeters smaller.

Furthermore, the small standard deviation of the year random effect indicates that annual fluctuation in reproductive success was minimal (generally less than 25 %).

The analysis in Figs. 6B and 6F shows that inclusion of small structures into analysis does not significantly affect the results but affects only standard deviation of the particle size distribution indicating that the results are independent on the setting of the limit for the size of lipid containing structures.

Indeed looking at the 3 years (2009 - 2011) only one small region of the tropical ocean in 2011 exceeds minus three standard deviations -LRB--3 sigma), whereas warm extremes (+3 standard deviations) occur with regularity in each year.

For the LTQ - Orbitrap Velos data, the distribution of mass deviation (from the theoretical masses) was first determined as having a standard deviation (σ) of 2.05 part per million (ppm), and a mass error of smaller than 3σ was used in combination with Xcorr and ΔCn to determine the filtering criteria that resulted in < 1 % false positive peptide identifications.

Even small deviations from the optimum body acidity level result in compromised enzyme function and, with it, compromised health.

He compared this figure with Jeremy Finn and Charles Achilles's finding that attending a smaller class in the Tennessee STAR experiment raised reading scores for black 2nd graders by one - third of a standard deviation.

Our estimates of the effects of G&T participation for barely eligible students are close to zero in all five subjects and are sufficiently precise to allow us to rule out with 90 percent confidence effects as small as 0.04 standard deviations (sd) in math, 0.07 sd in reading, 0.12 sd in language, 0.10 sd in social studies, and 0.19 sd in science.

However, assuming that NCLB began in the 2003 — 04 school year yields smaller effects (a statistically significant 0.09 standard deviations in 4th - grade math and a smaller and statistically insignificant effect in 8th - grade math).

In a revealing analysis of a large data set, Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek and his colleagues found that placement in special education in grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gaIn a revealing analysis of a large data set, Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek and his colleagues found that placement in special education in grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gain special education in grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gain grades 3 - 6 was associated with gains of 0.04 standard deviation in reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gain reading and 0.11 in math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gain math; such small gains indicate that children with LD clearly are not closing the gap.

The gains for students with prior scores in the top quarter are the smallest, at 0.05 and 0.03 standard deviations in mathematics and English, respectively.

The results of our analysis of these «switchers,» which continues to take into account the difficulties associated with moving between schools, again indicate that students make smaller gains while enrolled in charter schools, by nearly 0.10 standard deviations in reading and 0.16 standard deviations in math.

Although comparable measures of the rate of student learning are not available for Chile, researchers studying the Chilean school system typically consider a difference in student achievement of 10 percent of one standard deviation to be a small to moderate effect.

In the program's first year, the bonus program boost to math scores was 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 standard deviations, in schools with small cohorts of teachers with tested students (approximately ten or fewer such teachers in elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schoolsIn the program's first year, the bonus program boost to math scores was 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 standard deviations, in schools with small cohorts of teachers with tested students (approximately ten or fewer such teachers in elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schoolsin schools with small cohorts of teachers with tested students (approximately ten or fewer such teachers in elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schoolsin elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schoolsin middle schools).

The smallest amount of slippage was in 4th - grade math, where standards fell by 0.06 standard deviations.

Even if we take the smallest impact estimate from our analysis (a 1.72 percentile improvement in reading scores, which corresponds to a 0.06 standard deviation increase), the economic benefits measure in the range of # 1,375 to # 3,581 over the course of a recipient's lifetime.

If black students in the sample continue to lose ground through 9th grade at the rate experienced in the first two years of school, they will lag behind white students on average by a full standard deviation in raw math and reading scores and by more than two - thirds of a standard deviation in math even after controlling for observable characteristics (the gap would be substantially smaller in reading).

The initial black - white gap in reading was smaller (0.4 standard deviations).

Investigating the transition to high school, we find that students moving to a new high school between grades 8 and 9 suffer a small drop in achievement of 0.03 standard deviations in math and 0.04 standard deviations in reading (relative to those in grade 6 — 12 schools or schools with another configuration that requires no transition at this point).

Advocates of universal pre-k who wish to ground their position in research better hope the estimates are biased downward because they are very small, e.g., no more than one to three percent of a standard deviation difference between the children in Georgia / Oklahoma vs. other states on fourth grade NAEP achievement scores.

In fourth grade, the effect sizes are somewhat smaller -LRB-.02 to.06 standard deviations) and are only statistically significant in certain yearIn fourth grade, the effect sizes are somewhat smaller -LRB-.02 to.06 standard deviations) and are only statistically significant in certain yearin certain years.

«For every one percent of a public school's students who leave for a charter,» concludes Mr. Winters, «reading proficiency among those who remain increases by about 0.02 standard deviations, a small but not insignificant number, in view of the widely held suspicion that the impact on local public schools... would be negative.»

«Research found that it had annual impacts of about one - quarter of a standard deviation in math and small but still positive effects on reading.»

At Time 2, a smaller standard deviation suggests that girls were more certain about their feelings regarding interest in science compared to Time 1.

DeVos also tried in her interview to claim that «studies show» positive results from school choice in Florida, but as Mark Webber points out, those studies show positive results — just really, really small ones in the tenths of a standard deviation.

Furthermore, teacher composition only explains a small share of the change in math test scores — .008 standard deviations — between district types.

The heaviest series, Adjustable, weighs in at 948g with the lightest, Ultra Lite, at 391g with small deviations from the quoted weights depending on size, tethers and padding.

Whether these small deviations cause also noticeable differences in the interior space remains to be seen.

Many people touting optimal mixtures of stock types focus on demonstrating relatively small decreases in standard deviations (the typical measure of volatility) over many years.

Figure # 1 tells us there is a 68 % chance (the definition of a standard deviation) that the annual return on investing in small company stocks could be anywhere between plus or minus 32.8 %.

The 6.9 % monthly standard deviation of the O'Shaughnessy Small Cap Growth and Value methodology places it in the middle of all value strategies and is higher than most of the strategies tracked on AAII.com.

Instead, it demonstrates the value of a small cap and value tilt in global equity markets, since over the same period a Simulated S&P 500 Index only had a return of 9.53 % (with no fees deducted), at a standard deviation of 19.19 %.

Small deviations from what made the relationship work in the past can be amplified by leverage into huge disasters.

To a lesser degree, in some of the games there were characters with move sets very similar to each other with small deviations such as their speed and power (Mario / Luigi, Pikachu / Pichu, ect.)

I've used FAA for over a year (my premium membership just expired), Tumblr, Facebook (finally killed my public page because it was useless), Google Plus, Deviantart (even got a couple «Daily Deviations»), Twitter, Zazzle, Printerest, entered and ranked among the winners in 3 juried contests, but haven't made enough in «quick wins» (outside of a handful of small sales to immediate family) to buy a sandwich and coffee.

VII: Uncovering Sin in Everyday Life spoke to small transgressions and large hypocrisies, secret desires and public deviations.

These calibrations rely on the actual atmospheric profiles being relatively close to pre-defined standards so that deviations in the observed radiances are small, and you can assume quasi-linearity.

And although this deviation is smaller than multi-annual variation, the average decline in precipitation does lead to... Continue reading →

The standard deviation in snow depth obtained in cross checking and duplicate measurments are smallest for crevasse stratigraphy, 0.02 m, and 0.03 m for probing.

Good question but as I pointed out above (after you posted this quote) the only reason this is so small is because the «filter artefact» hides the elephant in the room: the 140 mK deviation of AGW and F3 (AGW) at the end.