Sentence examples for because of ceiling effects from inspiring English sources

Similar to the event cued prospective memory proper dichotomous data, the vigilance data for younger age groups (i.e., 20 to 70 years of age) are not interpretable because of ceiling effects, but the data for older adults (over 70 years of age) show age-related declines.

However, detecting improving health among persons who are already quite well may prove difficult because of ceiling effects, and most school children are quite healthy [ 3].

Detection of changes in discrimination of non-degraded speech sounds using simple behavioral tasks may not be possible, because of ceiling effects.

In part because of ceiling effects and in part because of practice effects with the MMSE, potential subjects are often excluded by this measure even though it is clear that they are impaired from baseline.

The mini-mental state examination, 17 although included in the test battery, was not used in the current analysis because of ceiling effects (that is, simple tests leading to little variability in scores).

Although the two age groups could not be compared on the Visual Paired Associates II measure using parametric methods because of ceiling effects in the young adults (that is, all the young adults scored 6 out of 6, whereas the older adults ranged from 4 to 6), a Chi-Squared analysis suggested a significant advantage for the young adults (χ2 = 9.82, p = 0.007).

In contrast, the correlation coefficient in group B is low because of ceiling effect of some learners.

We used both 'absolute learning gain scores' and 'normalized learning gain scores' because we were concerned about the impact of ceiling effects in normalized learning gain score calculations (e.g., pre-test scores constrained possible gains; see also Bao 2006).

The EQ-5D-3 L showed evidence of ceiling effects.

Moreover AQT may be important when evaluating new treatments in the early stages of AD, because of its sensitivity and lack of ceiling effect.

There are criticisms of using QOF as a measure of quality of care because of its ceiling effects (as noted earlier), and whether it is an appropriate measure of quality of care as it is also a tool for performance payment.