Ignore
small differences in scores, which often do not represent meaningful differences in achievement.
While the study shows some reliability in measuring teachers who either overperform or underachieve dramatically, the authors note that «the vast majority of teachers are in the middle of the scale, with
small differences in scores producing large changes in percentile rankings.»
«Think about a kid who scores 249 versus a kid who scores 250 — those kids are not different,» he said, «but
a small difference in scores determined who took two math classes and who took one.»
(
A small difference in scores is more meaningful between two budget tablets than it is between two expensive high - end devices.)
Not exact matches
While the three companies use very similar processes for determining your credit
score, they there are
small differences in how they're done.
dzeko - this would most likely be a last minute body
in to bolster the attack for next season a loan would be better
in this case than buying him, he would serve well as a back up giroud through the season and he has a knack of
scoring against
smaller teams could be worth extra 15 - 20 goals a season might be the
difference at the end of season
Rates of obstetrical intervention are high
in U.S. hospitals, and we found large absolute differences in the risks of these interventions between planned out - of - hospital births and in - hospital births.38 In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyse
in U.S. hospitals, and we found large absolute
differences in the risks of these interventions between planned out - of - hospital births and in - hospital births.38 In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyse
in the risks of these interventions between planned out - of - hospital births and
in - hospital births.38 In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyse
in - hospital births.38
In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyse
In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent
in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyse
in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute
differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyse
in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly
small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries
in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyse
in multivariate and propensity -
score - adjusted analyses.
A paired - samples t - test demonstrated significant
differences with
small to medium effect sizes
in the before and after
scores for all three subscales.
The
small increase
in the high - dose group did not translate into beneficial effects because authors found no
difference between the three study groups for changes
in spine, average total - hip, average femoral neck or total - body bone mineral density, trabecular bone
score, muscle mass or sit - to - stand tests.
And when biased reviewers took more than 2.8 % off the
scores awarded to grants from the nonpreferred applicants, the bias began to affect funding decisions — even though that number is
smaller than the
difference in scores produced by randomness.
Although the
differences in BMI
scores seem insignificant, there is evidence that even a
small change
in BMI
score is clinically important and associated with significant change
in health outcomes.
In the study fetal size was expressed as a z
score, which is a statistical method of expressing
difference from normal; four z
scores covers the range from abnormally
small to abnormally large.
There are one or two
small marks on the film near the beginning that couldn't be removed but once some colour is introduced and characters are moving around then the
difference in picture quality is obvious and very pleasing to the eye, just as the Ennio Morricone
score is to the ears.
The
smallest differences after two years were observed
in New York City, where the combined test
scores of African - American students attending private schools were 4.3 percentile points higher than those of the control group.
Among each of the ten largest districts
in Florida, the observed range between the 10th and 90th percentile of the SES test
score gap is larger than the observed
difference between the school district with the largest SES gap and the school district with the
smallest SES gap (among the ten largest school districts
in Florida, that is).
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.
That said, the NACAC study revealed that about a third of selective colleges stated that a
small increase
in standardized test
scores could make a
difference in their admission decision.
In most studies, differences in grades and test scores between students with adequate nutrition and those without it are smal
In most studies,
differences in grades and test scores between students with adequate nutrition and those without it are smal
in grades and test
scores between students with adequate nutrition and those without it are
small.
Being
in a
small class, economists Alan Krueger and Diane Schanzenbach found, made a noticeable
difference in a student's academic performance: Math and reading
scores improved, and more students took college - entrance exams, signaling at least an interest
in continuing their education beyond high school.
As evidenced, teachers
in the lowest 20 % on the VAM
score have
differences in the mean observational
score depending on the VAM
score (a moderate correlation of r = 0.50), but for the other 80 %, knowing the VAM
score is not informative as there is a very
small correlation for the second quintile and no correlation for the upper 60 %.
Even
small differences in the information at the three credit reporting agencies can affect your
scores.
When seeking a $ 20,000 unsecured loan with bad credit the
difference that a
small increase
in credit
score has can be minimal, but extending the loan term can be more beneficial.
Something seemingly as
small as a 20 point
difference in your credit
score can cost you thousands of dollars over the life of a loan, if it meant that you weren't eligible for the best interest rates available.
Since recent applications for credit are just one of many factors used by the FICO ® formula, these
differences are typically
small — if your credit
score falls in the excellent credit score range with one bureau, it's very likely you have an excellent FICO ® Credit Score with all t
score falls
in the excellent credit
score range with one bureau, it's very likely you have an excellent FICO ® Credit Score with all t
score range with one bureau, it's very likely you have an excellent FICO ® Credit
Score with all t
Score with all three.
While the three companies use very similar processes for determining your credit
score, they there are
small differences in how they're done.
The two publications announced that after compiling its data, they concluded that «because firms were often separated by
small or insignificant
differences in the overall
score, the rankings will be published alphabetically within tiers rather than as a numerical ranking.»
Because firms were often separated by
small or insignificant
differences in overall
score, they have been tiered rather than ranked sequentially.
On 3DMark, the ASUS Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro may have
scored better than the Zenfone 3 Zoom but
in truth, that
small difference is negligible.
An inspection of the mean plots (see Fig. 2) indicated that the
differences in scores over time for the low CU group was
smaller than the
differences in scores over time for the high CU group, suggesting that the high CU group demonstrated more change (i.e., improvement) on these scales with treatment.
Similarly, while Alabama often
scores well below the national average on the overall Kids Count rankings and has a higher rate of overall poverty, its rankings rise when examined by different races and ethnicities — and the disparities (
differences in overall
scores for white non-Hispanic children and African - American non-Hispanic children or Hispanic children) are much
smaller than many northern states.
Children
in both groups
scored close to the general population average on these measures, but the authors also acknowledge the sample may have been too
small (only 92 children) to detect any
differences.
As shown
in Table 3, the magnitude of effect concerning the
difference in mean
scores reported online versus on paper and pencil were virtually zero, as a partial eta - squared of.02 corresponds to a
small effect and those
in Table 3 were all below.004.
However, the
differences are
small and the pattern of data
in the present study confirms the conclusion made by Obel et al. (2004) that the SDQ
scores are very similar across Nordic countries.