Sentence examples for be preferred to test from inspiring English sources

Ideally, a washout period would be preferred to test knowledge retention.

Because infection with DENV and CHIKV should be on the differential diagnosis together at the initial patient presentation, tests that screen for these viruses simultaneously are preferred to test for them separately.

Some believe the new IgG test should always be preferred to the old IgM test.

As a result when testing for endogeneity, direct tests on the correlation coefficients may be preferred to the likelihood ratio test comparing model (mathcal {M}_{7}) and (mathcal {M}_{8}).

protocol could still be preferred to obtain the best test sensitivity.

We carried out an extensive simulation study, using a Dutch model, to investigate under which realistic European conditions HPV testing is to be preferred to cytology screening as a primary test for the detection of cervical cancer.

Deeks' tests should be preferred to assess publication bias in DTA meta-analyses and interpretation of a significant test result should be done within the perspective that we are unaware whether publication bias exists for DTA studies.

This test for internal consistency was preferred to other tests for internal consistency such as Cronbach's alpha because the SF-8 contains only a small number of items and these fairly heterogeneous items which cover two different health domains (general physical and mental health).

As is the case for non-inferiority or equivalence evaluation of efficacy, the use of confidence intervals is preferred to hypothesis testing in this situation.

Fisher's test was preferred to the Chi-squared test because the expected frequencies were below 5.

It was preferred to a maximal test, because 1) the latter cannot be performed without a cardiologist, according to Italian law; and 2) heart rate varies linearly with V o2 to the point of maximum exertion, thus allowing extrapolation of the actual V o2max value.