Limitations include the lack of a control group at the 3 - month and 2 - year postintervention follow - ups and
the small sample size for a study involving three groups.
These non-significant results are arguably due to the study's relatively
small sample size for a genome - wide association study that requires multiple testing (ranging from N = 372 — 436 in the high and low trait comparison groups), making it unclear whether the same genetic variants are involved in these sub-domains.
That doesn't sound like much, but if you're familiar with how
small the sample size for the annual achievement tests are, you began to understand what a big deal this actually is.
While the study has a number of limitations —
its small sample size for one and the fact that things like disease status were self - reported — the researchers had enough information to develop a genetic risk score for smokers.
However, given the relatively
small sample sizes for all, there is little to be gleaned.
Note first that the Survey of Income and Program Participation data R & B use yield very
small sample sizes for looking at these job transitions, roughly 150 teachers leaving teaching for nonteaching jobs.
Findings were somewhat inconsistent when analyzing within breeds, perhaps reflecting
the smaller sample sizes for these analyses.
It should also be noted that when looking at the above numbers, the relatively
small sample sizes for HighSchool / GED and «Associates Degree» make it easy for a small number of outlier points to have an outsized impact on the average and median results.
It should be noted that when looking at the above numbers, the relatively
small sample sizes for HighSchool / GED and «Associates Degree» make it easy for a small number of outlier points to have an outsize impact on the average and median results.
This result opposes findings by Michaels (2008) and Reckova and Irsova (2015), which both found publication bias in the global climate change literature, albeit with
a smaller sample size for their meta - analysis and in other sub-disciplines of climate change science.
Furthermore, in view of the large CIs and
small sample sizes for some of these analyses, caution is required in drawing conclusions.
Not exact matches
Bianca DiJulio, a Kaiser policy analyst, said that because some
sample sizes were so
small, the organization didn't have the 95 percent confidence they liked
for many of the
size categories.
You never want to make too much out of one poll, and the
sample size for individual countries are pretty
small in this one, but still, I was struck by some of the results in this international poll of 11 and 12 year - olds, feature in this AM's KidsPost (frequent breakfast reading in our house).
I don't know if such sentiment is as widespread as my
small sample size and personal experience suggests, but I'm convinced that these issues are good ones
for Christians to consider.
The
sample size was
small, and the researchers stated that the research findings indicate the need
for a randomised control trial (RCT) as RCT's are widely recognised as the best study design.
While this may be a
small sample size, the fact that this system has been profitable
for bettors throughout the regular and postseason gives us confidence in its long - term stability.
If I want to give a dealership a historical record of their car sales in May, so that they can then create their advertising budget ad forecast what their sales might be, I am technically forecasting
for a
small sample size (1 month out of 12 in a year) however, I can pull data from multiple years in the past (May months from 2007 - 2017
for example).
But if the batter goes 1
for 10 by standing backwards in the batters box, putting his helmet on upside - down, forgetting to bring a bat etc, then it is legit to say something is wrong — and saying «Look it's just 10 at - bats,
small sample size» would trouble me.
Although some people will scream «
small sample size,» take a look at how futures odds have changed
for these two teams:
The graph by temperature is interesting although it's still a
small sample size of games
for a relatively
small difference in winning percentage.
Rhys Hoskins +5000: Hoskins did
for the Phillies what Judge did
for the Yankees, just in a
smaller sample size... and the games didn't matter, either.
Unfortunately our
sample size is too
small to extract much from the top trends during the Final Four; however, we do have a number of sharp money indicators
for Saturday's games.
I don't know if it was
small sample size or concerted strategy last game, but the Caps were ready
for it.
Granted it is a
small sample size but I didn't have Daza in my top 30
for this reason.
That net rating of 33.7 is better than any other lineup the Bulls have deployed this season, though you have to account
for the
small sample size of just 44 minutes played together over just four games this season.
He completed 68 percent of his passes and threw
for nearly 3,800 yards with 30 touchdowns to only six interceptions; after completing 66 percent of his passes through two seasons as a backup, he proved
small sample sizes can tell a semi-accurate story.
Fading the public has been incredibly profitable
for college football bettors this season, but it's important to point out that we're dealing with a
small sample size.
Our return on investment has increased at every data point with the exception of 11 and 11.5 and, in all fairness, the
sample size for those data points are very
small and not necessarily the best indicator.
The
sample size is
small, but this type of split represents the «Pros vs. Joes» model that sports bettors have discussed
for years.
It turns out that this system has been profitable
for NHL bettors with an 8 - 7 record and +6.15 units won, however, based on the incredibly
small sample size it's tough to place much stock in these results.
At this point I have no idea if they have talent or not because we don't get to see them, and if we do we see them
for 20 games which is way to
small a
sample size to get any correlation to how somebody will do.
While chasing has been profitable
for the public so far in 2011, the
sample size is very
small (only four games) and it's reasonable to expect that number to drop towards the 2010 season level.
They're good
for predicting long term success, but they are all but useless in the
small sample size of a best of seven series.
Even
for this relatively
small sample size, the results are starting to tell a story: that «Betting Against the Public» DOES indeed work in hockey.
While the
sample size is
small for this system, the consistent results and win percentage make it a must - follow at the end of the season.
While only a limited number of helmets of Newcastle football players were fitted with Shockbox sensors
for the 2012 season we filmed
for «The Smartest Team,» the results, admittedly from a very
small sample size, were very encouraging:
tins that will last a long time - great
for the change table
Small 1oz mini tins - perfect
for trying out a new scent or throwing in your diaper bag
Sample size 0.5 oz tins - great
for testing out Delish before buying a full
size version.
Previous attempts to evaluate the Baby Friendly Initiative within an observational study design have often been limited by
small sample size or reliance upon ecological measures of confounding factors.16, 17 The advantage of the Millennium Cohort Study is the availability of individual - level social and demographic information, as well as the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, allowing adjustment
for factors that in other studies may be associated with both policy intervention and infant feeding practices, via area or individual population differences.
A prospective, controlled study of the effect of breast milk on infection among low birth weight infants was conducted in India in 1981.18 Although the
sample size was
small, 62 infants, the study design was a randomized block design in which feeding schedules
for breast milk or formula were randomly allocated within groups of infants that were determined to be relatively homogeneous with respect to factors predisposing to infection.
Sample sizes, particularly
for older infants, become very
small, particularly in countries such as the UK with low breastfeeding continuation rates / exclusivity.
The limitations of the research include the
small sample size overall, and that although the design aimed to allow
for likely contextual and practice differences across BC, the very
small numbers of midwives within each stratum further limits the applicability of the findings.
A paired -
samples t - test demonstrated significant differences with
small to medium effect
sizes in the before and after scores
for all three subscales.
Please keep in mind that state
sample sizes are
small (231 in Kansas) so state data confidence intervals are wide (6 - 7 %
for KS).
In this study, the association of maternal alcohol drinking in the 3 months before or during pregnancy was of borderline significance on univariate analysis but was not significant when prenatal smoking and case - versus - control status were in the model.39 However, this study had limited power
for multivariate analysis because of its
small sample size.
This was a cluster - randomised trial and authors stated they did not make allowance
for clustering in the
sample size calculation as the cluster effect was expected to be
small.
It should also be remembered that
sample sizes in some of these categories is quite
small, and correlation should not be mistaken
for causation.»
The results are offered here «as is» and with the large disclaimer that the
sample size is quite
small and I'm not controlling
for any other variables.
As such, it may very well be probable that «nones» simply randomly don't get represented as often, given the
small sample size (you can ask on Cross-validated the probability of the exact outcome we see, especially adjusted
for mimicry noted as the main reason).
The city last studied adverse health issues
for Staten Island residents near Fresh Kills in 1997, but its
sample size was
small and it was before 9/11, Borelli said.
Coyne's view is shaped by the
small sample sizes used in early mental health biomarker research — something that can be problematic
for rare conditions.