A variable designated PSU (Patient always in the Same Unit) was created to distinguish patients coming from different dialysis units.
Thus, to reduce the effects of link-layer contention on the performance of TCP, this approach extends the IEEE 802.11 DCF scheme by introducing a new variable, designated as the retransmission limit (RETF), to record the number of retransmission attempts in the event of continuous transmission failures.
The independent variable was a dichotomous variable, designated as either pre or post guard implementation.
All three models assume a single underlying continuous unbounded variable designated as ability for the respondents, but which varies in the characteristics they ascribe to items.
In addition, classification as being either a piRNA gene or a control gene served as a categorical variable designated 'gene set' (Table 5).
We also included a variable designating eligibility for public programs, including public housing subsidies, general assistance and relief, food stamps, disability, or Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the correlating factors of sexual intercourse within last three months, with the dependent variable designated as "1" if there was sexual intercourse within last three months and "0" if there was no sexual intercourse within last three months.
The statistical models that FiveThirtyEight uses to forecast Senate and gubernatorial races include, among other factors, a variable to designate a candidate's credentials, which is based on the highest office that he or she has been elected to.
It can be used to evaluate data for n subjects, each of which has contributed a score on two variables designated as X and Y. r p is calculated as follows: r p = ∑ X Y − (∑ X ) (∑ Y ) n [ ∑ X 2 − (∑ X ) 2 n ] [ ∑ Y 2 − (∑ Y ) 2 n ] Spearman's rank-order correlation (r s ) is a bivariate measure of correlation employed with rank-order data.
There were 21 climate variables designated by Wang et al.
Ixodes uriae feed only once per life stage, thus engorgement status was considered as a binomial variable designating whether the tick had had a blood meal when collected (0: nonengorged, 1: engorged).
