Sentences with phrase «small number of participants»

The studies were based on a relatively small number of participants, and a selection of genes.

Several genomic studies have suggested regions that might influence sexual orientation, but they have relied on small numbers of participants and have been challenged repeatedly.

A very small number of participants (7 %) showed impairment in their everyday thinking skills at baseline testing.

This development is perhaps most pronounced in the mining sector where an industrial arms race to assemble computing power has resulted in a relatively small number of participants in this process, at least compared to the network's early days when anyone with a home computer could mine bitcoins.

The FDA also discounted the Gower 2016 study, citing that more than half of the participants did not complete the study, resulting in its sub-segment analysis completed with small number of participants.

«For instance, while we ultimately need an agreement that includes reductions from almost everyone, side agreements among smaller numbers of participants don't undermine — but may actually promote — the U.N. process.»

We find extensions into practice in the following forms: (a) curriculum development for pupils, (b) annotated bibliography, (c) teacher support networks, and (d) increased collaboration within the research team and attendant growth in friendships among smaller numbers of participants across the lines of differing professional roles.

For all the interest in cryptocurrencies, the bitcoin market remains small, with a relatively small number of participants expressing strong views

The internal consistency of the CBCL 6 — 18 could not be determined because of small number of participants (N = 9).

New statistical conventions have highlighted how designs with small numbers of targets are just as problematic for statistical inference as designs with small numbers of participants (Westfall, Judd, & Kenny, 2015).

The correlations computed for each diagnostic group separately were conducted on smaller numbers of participants and thus obviously subject to power problems.

The main limitation of this study was the small number of participants recruited.

Prof Treasure from King's, adds: «This is early stage research with a small number of participants, but it's hugely exciting to see the potential this treatment could have.

Owing to the small number of participants in this subset of the study population, the pregnancy - associated change was not statistically significant.

Limitations of the study included the small number of participants in each group and the overall small sample size of the study.

«These studies, however, were limited by having small numbers of participants and / or by looking at the effects of single doses of oxytocin on specific behaviours or cognitive effects while the participants had the oxytocin in their system.

Limitations of the study included the small number of participants; the authors advise that the study should be replicated ideally with a larger cohort.

Many of them observe a small number of participants, they give them capsules with questionable quality and a sample training program and in the end aren't very diligent in fully managing either the supplements or the participants.

Ms. Giancoli pointed to the small number of participants, the small differential in weight loss between the two groups (maybe the fasting group actually under - reported calories consumed on fasting days), and the fact that «we don't know how each group did after a year or two years.

The main limitation of this study is the small number of participants.

The study was limited by the short duration, small number of participants, and lack of a strict control group.

Given the small number of participants, the sampling of convenience, and the lack of rigorous reliability and validity testing of the instrument, this study is best considered exploratory rather than explanatory and illuminative rather than generalizable.

Reading on the iPad was faster than the Kindle, however, the researchers said the difference was not statistically significant considering the small number of participants and the amount read.

A smaller number of participants, unconventional venues, synergistic environment among others.

It goes without saying that if there are financial sustainability issues caused by late payments, they will be more serious for service organisations in rural areas where there are higher costs and smaller numbers of participants.

Another small, qualitative study involved interviews with nine caseworkers and several child welfare administrators working in three different public child welfare agencies in the Washington D.C. region.18 Although the small number of participants and the regional focus of this research limit our ability to generalize about these findings, they do offer some insights into the reunification decision - making process.

Limitations include the small number of participants and that the majority of the PLL group was single parent mothers.

Of the 13,978 offspring alive at one year, a small number of participants withdrew from the study (n = 24), leaving a starting sample of 13,954.

However, due to the small number of participants in the > 9 h category, we collapsed the 7 — 9 h / day and > 9 h / day into a single category.