Sentences with phrase «weak predictive value»

Despite the weak predictive value of Total and LDL cholesterol, people with elevated numbers are often instructed to lower cholesterol by any means necessary... including a low - fat diet (which doesn't work) and statin drugs.

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But to suggest that because these observational indicators (artificially) correlate with teachers» value - added scores at «weak» and «very weak» levels (see Notes 1 and 2 below), that this means that these observational systems might «add» more «value» to the summative sides of teacher evaluations (i.e., their predictive value) is premature, not to mention a bit absurd.