Sentences with phrase «testing analysis over»

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In their May 2013 paper entitled «Forty Years, Thirty Currencies and 21,000 Trading Rules: A Large - Scale, Data - Snooping Robust Analysis of Technical Trading in the Foreign Exchange Market», Po - Hsuan Hsu and Mark Taylor test the effectiveness of a broad set of quantitative technical trading rules as applied to exchange rates of 30 currencies with the U.S. dollar over extended periods.

Individual growth curve models were developed for multilevel analysis and specifically designed for exploring longitudinal data on individual changes over time.23 Using this approach, we applied the MIXED procedure in SAS (SAS Institute) to account for the random effects of repeated measurements.24 To specify the correct model for our individual growth curves, we compared a series of MIXED models by evaluating the difference in deviance between nested models.23 Both fixed quadratic and cubic MIXED models fit our data well, but we selected the fixed quadratic MIXED model because the addition of a cubic time term was not statistically significant based on a log - likelihood ratio test.

Contains more than 900 kitchen - tested recipes contributed by mothers all over the world, complete with nutritional analysis for each recipe.

We tested this hypothesis in an analysis of over 2,000 species of birds, looking at whether species were cooperative and where they lived.

In order to test the often - cited theory that women are better at recognizing faces than men, psychologists Agneta Herlitz and Johanna Lovén of the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, have compiled a detailed «meta - analysis» of over 140 existing facial recognition studies.

Hogervorst says this screening test has advantages over more laborious methods of DNA analysis because the test - tube reaction takes just one hour to complete.

To test these results, the researchers did the analysis over again «in a subset of individuals who had very similar (brain injuries) to the other group,» Barbey said.

Participants are offered a battery of tests over time, including neuropsychological testing, MRI scans, DNA sequencing, and analysis of blood samples for biomarkers, such as those reflecting stress response.

The analysis calculated an incremental cost - effectiveness ratio, which shows the difference in costs for a treatment, in this case the CGM vs daily test strips, over the health benefit it adds, or the quality of life years.

On my project (the Caenorhabditis Intervention Testing Program or CITP), we use modified scanners and image - analysis software to assess worms on a touch - free system over their entire post-reproductive lifespan.

Analysis of this data revealed a set of candidate biomarkers which were then tested against over 150 longitudinal samples from an SMA natural history study by the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinical Research Network.

Lab - test analysis of Marine - Phytoplankton at two Universities in Europe have revealed over 200 - different nutritional molecules in Oceans Alive 2.0

``... we have, over the years, tested several «natural» sunscreens, and in our analysis of four years of our sunscreen testing data, we found that just 26 percent of the ones in our tests met their SPF claim.

We perform a complete physical analysis (Eastern / Western blend) intake history, go over labs & blood tests etc., symptoms survey, and Nutritional Response Testing (a type of applied kinesiology) to determine your overall health at the current time.

Through 35 years of intensive research and work with over 125,000 hair tissue mineral analysis tests, Dr. Eck developed a system that integrated research from biochemistry, physiology, pathology, nutrition and psychology; testing it against his own exhaustive research in applied nutrition and hair analysis.

He performed over 100,000 tests and correlated them to many different health conditions and spent years designing supplement protocols to correct the imbalances in the hair mineral analyses.

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During the data meeting, teachers pored over a form called an «item analysis template» — downloaded from the ANet web site — that forced them to think through the test questions that had given their kids the most grief.

Analysis of Year 3, 5 and 7 test data across almost 3000 Australian schools show «single - sex schools on average provide no better value - add over time than coeducational schools».

An analysis of New York's state test results reveals that the tests have become significantly easier to pass over the last four years, so state education officials will be recalibrating the scoring for tests that were taken by students this spring.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — An analysis of a new report by a committee of the National Research Council (NRC), the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that average student gains from the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) test - based accountability measures would yield, over the next 80 years, a national economic benefit of approximately $ 14 trillion.

This analysis exploits a specific feature of the English testing system, namely, that the age - 11 tests take place each year over five days in the second week of May.

But that affects the validity of my analysis only if the NAEP test accommodation policy for New York City changed over the course of the time period we are discussing.

Analysis of Year 3, 5 and 7 numeracy and reading test data across almost 3000 Australian schools show «single - sex schools on average provide no better value - add over time than coeducational schools».

The Times analysis relied on a statistical approach known as «value - added,» which estimates the effectiveness of teachers by crediting them for the gains students make over their performance in previous years on standardized tests in math and English.

Nationalizing standards and tests would, according to this analysis, eliminate them as differentiated school - reform instruments that could be used by states in competition over educational attainment among the states.

This is why, in our modeling efforts, we do massive multivariate, longitudinal analyses in order to exploit the covariance structure of student data over grades and subjects to dampen the errors of measurement in individual student test scores.

Recently, a meta - analysis of over 200 studies by Joe Durlak and colleagues published in Child Development found that in schools intentionally implementing comprehensive and continuous social - emotional learning programs, students attitudes toward school and learning improved, they gained an average of over 10 points on standardized academic tests, and their problem behaviors, including violence, diminished.

These results and analyses will drive how the assessments are refined and continue to be developed; although the field test may be over, the hard work of making sure the highest quality assessment is delivered to states in the coming school year is still going on.

Westinghouse's performance was not captured in the new federal analysis; none of the SIG schools in Pennsylvania are part of the study because the state high school exams changed in 2013, making it impossible to compare test scores over time.

This kind of analysis is similar to what is being demanded to assess teacher effectiveness at the city, state, and federal levels: comparing test scores on two different dates to see change over time.

A significant number of schools that received School Improvement Grants — as many as half — were not included in the analysis for a variety of reasons, including missing data, the schools were shut down or the state tests were changed, making it impossible to compare scores over time.

CAASPP has been designed to help educators improve instruction, and, over time, California will look to expand and improve online reporting, adding tools to make the system both more flexible and better able to support deeper analysis of test results.

It is important to note that while opposition to high - stakes testing and value - added analysis often seems self - serving — it is easy to see why ineffective teachers might resist accountability — moving towards embedded software - based assessment actually raises the level of transparency, by allowing us to monitor not just what happens on the day of a high - stakes test, but rather to see how students learn over time.

Aside from selling more computers (Chromebooks) software and SBAC test analysis ($ 22 - $ 27 per student), new CCSS aligned textbooks, workshops for educators etc. the money to be made lies in turning over public schools to charter schools, which use public funds, in many cases to turn a profit.

Though only one year of data is available for analysis at this point, the study has involved a randomized field trial of over 400 teachers and administrators broken into test and control groups.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

After performing a statistical analysis with her data guru, computer - assisted reporting specialist John Perry, she found something curious: a handful of schools had increased their performance so much more than they had been expected to that it raised questions over whether educators had intervened in the testing process.

What we have found over years of analysis and testing of the criteria, is that there are some significant shortcomings to the current provisions which make it quite difficult for districts to make sound, timely decisions at the time of a charter's renewal.

Honda has been developing simulated crash tests that provide detailed analysis of crash data — and maybe the best part is that they can be run over and over again, as many times as necessary, in as many minor variations as is necessary, to perfect a car's safety systems and design.

Anyone interested in learning more about the performance of Dark Souls Remastered on the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro are sure to be interested in a new video published this week by the team over at Digital Foundry providing an in - depth look and thorough network test analysis.

If the consumers» household income is over certain amount, then a «means test» analysis must be performed to determine whether or not that consumer is eligible file chapter 7.

Fortunately, I did consider some stress - testing in my analysis — noting Saga was a financially strong company, it had produced an average adjusted operating margin (inc. financial income) of 24.2 % over a 7 year cycle, its adjusted operating margin barely turned negative (1.4 %) in 2009 (despite a 39 % drop in sales), and the company's actually been around for 75 years plus!

Wisdom Panel has tested thousands of dogs of over 250 breeds and performed analysis of over 19 million genetic markers.

If your dog is over 10 years of age and has not been diagnosed with Addison's disease, we can perform a simple blood test (called a basal cortisol) that sometimes can prove that a dog is normal, and we can obtain a blood sample for DNA analysis at the same time.

There are some concerns over the validity of the laboratory analysis, as it is is not tested on the animal itself.

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In the analysis of observed phenomena, the validity of a conjecture can be tested over «a longer period of time by using historical data, including (with cognizance of the limits of accuracy) proxy assessment methods.

The primary functions of treeclim are to (1) perform bootstrapped response and correlation functions; (2) conduct seasonal correlation analysis with tree growth; (3) conduct forward and backward evolution analyses for temporal stability tests; (4) evaluate trends on correlations betwen tree growth and climate over time; and (5) evaluate reconstruction skills for use in dendroclimatology and dendroecology.

Indeed, when we used the corrected version of the western U.S. tree ring data in our analysis, our validation tests gave us the green light; we could indeed now meaningfully reconstruct Northern Hemisphere average temperatures over the entire past millennium.