Don't fall into testing traps. (Marketing News).(direct marketing)

Bank Marketing;  April 1, 2002 ;     339 words ......test cells. Too small a test may not produce statistically valid results. A good rule of thumb is 5,000 to 10,000 names. Limit your...later than the rest of it? Only simultaneous testing gives valid results. Don't expect too much. Differences between the test and...

Whatever next? Thailand.(Thailand's political snafu)

The Economist (US);  April 15, 2006 ;     534 words ......Thaksin's snap election, held on April 2nd, failed to produce valid results in around one-tenth of the 400 constituencies, partly because...not all the re-runs--assuming they go ahead--will produce valid results. Even if they did, there is yet another likely obstacle to...

RIGHT TO VOTE IS OUR CORNERSTONE

The Boston Globe;  November 30, 2000 ;     140 words ......by simply dropping them back in the very same machines that gave "questionable" results was magically going to give more valid results the second time around. Obviously, with the archaic procedures by which the votes were cast and counted, examining the ballots...

Cancer type not so rare 20 years ago

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  January 16, 2008 ;     76 words ......appeared to be not uncommon in Devon and thus we were able to recruit many patients to clinical trials very rapidly and gain valid results from these studies. This was unusual for what was then a relatively small but effective cancer centre. Dr Chris Rowland President...

Letter: Unscientifically biased

The Independent - London;  January 24, 1999 ;   BRIAN JOSEPHSON Cambridge University;   125 words ......the realm of the science but in the scientists. Why does a training in science lead so often to an inability to accept as valid results obtained in investigations into the paranormal, using methods regarded as valid elsewhere in science, for example in medical...

Supply Chain Consultants Announces Release of Report 'Forecast Less and...

PR Newswire;  September 25, 2007 ;     670 words ......short-term forecasting produces more valid results with better indicators of the future...for a short-term plan produces more valid results with better indicators of the future...expect three main benefits: -- More valid results, with projections that offer better...

Headline, price, and copy test results--and how you, too, can...

The Newsletter on Newsletters;  December 31, 2006 ;   Jensen, Marlene;   735 words ......can test lots of items all at the same time and still have valid results! You'll get 2 LOW, ONE-TIME-COST solutions that give you...will see the same version they previously saw--essential for valid results. * The program calculates a confidence level for you for...

Computer planning models for rail transportation.(Brief Article)

Asia Pacific Rail;  November 1, 2000 ;   Barton, Chad L.;   787 words ......modeling tools have become available to provide planners with valid results in a more timely and efficient manner. These models provide...as train schedules, or even the physical plant, and obtain valid results without having to go through an actual implementation. Thus...

ASBESTOS TESTING OSHA TESTS TO SPECIFIC STANDARDS.(Editorial)(Letter to...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 29, 2001 ;     214 words ......by your reporter Andrew Schneider, testing done by OSHA's laboratory in Salt Lake City provides accurate, scientifically valid results regarding the presence of asbestos fibers in samples of vermiculite, talc and other products. OSHA's lab in Salt Lake is...

Your letters, Oct. 14, 2006

St. Joseph News-Press;  October 14, 2006 ;     787 words ......words, if every household had an equal chance of being selected, then surveying a sample of heads-of-households would produce valid results. This is true because when conducting a random sample survey, the ratio of sample size to population increases at a decreasing...

France concerned over low turnout in Serbian election

Xinhua News Agency;  December 10, 2002 ;     195 words ......preoccupied by the situation in Serbia after Sunday's presidential election featured with a too low voter turnout to produce valid results. "We are preoccupied by the political situation in Serbia. The persistent blockage that prevents the democratic nomination...

Research methods and decision-making statistics.(COMPANY...

School Administrator;  August 1, 2005 ;     172 words ...Superintendents, principals and graduate students expect sound research and valid results when conducting educational studies. Statistics Solutions is methodological and statistical consultation firm, which supports results-bas...

SPANISH-LANGUAGE GED TESTS HALTED AFTER THEFT.(LOCAL)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 18, 1996 ;   Gutierrez, Hector;   263 words ......and Texas also will stop administering the exams. We believe we have enough evidence that the test is not going to produce valid results right now, said Jean Lowe, director of the General Educational Development Testing Service, the non-profit agency that oversees...

Safari Books Online survey: how tech workers find data.(Survey)

Information Today;  July 1, 2008 ;   Brynko, Barbara;   455 words ......tech workers who deal with tight deadlines just have difficulty finding time to collaborate. The survey, which tallied the valid results of 225 tech staff members nationwide, used Zoomerang to poll the respondents. The most surprising results were: 1) workers...

Outcome after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in athletic...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  March 1, 2004 ;   Padua, R; Bondi, R; Ceccarelli, E; Keating, J F;   344 words ......well known2,3 that sample size is important to establish the number of people for inclusion in a study in order to provide valid results. The statistical power gives information about the validity of significant results. If the sample is small, the results can...