Sentences with phrase «whereas scales increase»

Second, doing this ASSUMES that all standardized tests are vertically scaled whereas scales increase linearly as students progress through different grades on similar linear scales.

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Whereas carbon levels can affect warming on a global scale, the effects of increased albedo and poor evotranspiration would affect temperatures only on a regional level.

Symptoms of depression decreased by 4 points (on the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) for people using the Internet intervention, whereas symptoms of depression increased by 3 points for people who were not using the intervention.

At decadal time scales, warming over the tropics leads to drought over the Sahel, whereas warming over the North Atlantic promotes increased rainfall.

Temperature increases in the thermocline occur on the decadal timescale whereas, over most of the abyss, it is the millennial time scale that is relevant, and the strength of MOC in the channel matters for the intensity of heat uptake.

Thus, on the difficulty scales, where the mean score decreases between pre-school and primary school this is considered a positive improvement in behaviour whereas an increase in scores between sweeps is considered negative.