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The phrase "a common group of reference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a shared context or set of criteria that a group uses for understanding or comparison.
Example: "In our research, we established a common group of reference to ensure that all participants had a clear understanding of the terms used."
Alternatives: "a shared point of reference" or "a mutual frame of reference".
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Because each of these genotyping approaches can provide important information on isolates with different pathogenic and virulence characteristics, the need to replicate each of these methods using a common group of reference strains has arisen.
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7. Referencing a common group before flattering or conforming A variation on this theme involves highlighting shared membership in a club or organization.
While this limited the population size for each comorbidity group, it allowed us to compare the risk of VTE for groups of older adults with single or co-occurring comorbidities against a common reference group of older adults without any of the nine comorbidities.
Focus group participants can describe their experiences with others who they see as peers, often sharing a common frame of reference.
But the American public, riven by economic disparities and ethnic discriminations, gained "a common dream life, a common fund of reference and fantasy".
Shamoo agrees that labs need a common frame of reference for thinking about ethics.
I think what that has taught me is that I believe people have a tendency to look for common ground and a common point of reference.
We undertook logistic models using a common reference group to evaluate the association with PS of each level of stressor by age and ethnicity.
We used metformin monotherapy as a common reference group, in contrast with the meta-analyses of data from clinical trials that pooled results across studies with varying drug and non-drug reference groups, introducing possible heterogeneity into those analyses.
This approach is necessary because risk estimates of a study based on a common internal reference group will be correlated.
The number of unexposed subjects used as a common reference group for all analyses was reduced by 30% (from 997 to 696).
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