Sentence examples for attenuated scale from inspiring English sources

As Otten and van der Pligt (Otten and van der Pligt 1996) observed, participants may report greater optimism when they are given an attenuated scale than when they are given a continuous scale, thus making it difficult to interpret the findings.

Lastly, attenuated response scales such as the 5-point Likert scale can be problematic as they may be subject to floor and ceiling effects (Harris and Hahn 2011).

Results showed differences in scores between contexts on all scales, attenuated predictive validity for most scales, attenuated incremental validity when scores obtained in the admission context were used, and effects on admission decisions.

Adding a gradient to the simulated characteristic scale attenuated but did not obscure the 'spikes'spikes

Such local topographic effects that may attenuate large-scale climate change effects must be considered in water resource planning and management alongside such climate change effects related to large-scale circulations, such as NAO.

Schneider (1968) also showed that removal of scales attenuated quiescence of Rhododendron floral buds.

ITF2357 treatments at (C) 125 nM, (D) 250 nM or (E) 500 nM concentrations attenuated formation of myofibroblasts (Scale bar = 50 μm).

A ceiling effect results in a positively skewed distribution of measurements, limited ability of the measure to discriminate among subjects at the upper end of the scale, and attenuated responsiveness to improvements in health in longitudinal studies.

The negative association of type 2 diabetes with the role-physical scale was attenuated, becoming non-significant, with the addition of fitness in models 3 and 4 [Additional file 1].

When we adjusted our models for possible confounders, the apparent protective effect of the use of scales was attenuated.

Previous research suggests that 3-point response scales attenuate the achievable reliability coefficients relative to 5-point response scales [ 52].