Because summary assays, which correspond to the last stage of probe/lead discovery, are typically more accurate than other assays, we wanted to include as many of them in our analysis as possible.
Other limitations cited in the executive summary included difficulty getting unpublished data from investigators and having little to no control over some analyses because summary data, rather than raw data, was provided [ 12].
The Cochrane Collaboration Risk-of-Bias Tool was cited for guidance in the assessment of study quality, where any use of scales for risk of bias is explicitly discouraged because summary scores have been shown to be unreliable.
We used GPS because summary statistics of gait function has been recommended in recent years as a primary outcome measure after multi-level surgery (McGinley et al. 2012, Cimolin and Galli 2014).
Because summary feedback regarding overall tracking accuracy was provided only for motivational purposes, did not contain sufficient information to alter performance, and was not explicitly manipulated across the groups we also provided this information at retention.
Because summary methods are sensitive to gene tree estimation error [ 24- 26, 14], which is more likely to occur on short alignments, the utility of summary methods for phylogenomic species tree estimation is questioned due to this perceived need to constrain the sequence length for every locus [ 23].
This measure was chosen rather than a drinking diary data collection method because summary measures generated from a drinking diary method have been shown to be functionally identical to single point retrospective measures [ 37] and because the inclusion of a drinking diary in research has been shown to increase attrition in studies employing mailed surveys [ 38].
As WT is a directly measured variable in the daily clinical process compared with the derived variable BSA, and because, in summary, it was demonstrated that similar results were obtained from the covariate exchange, the final model included WT on CLL instead of BSA, besides WT on V1.
Some of their grandmothers had had bound feet; few of their grandfathers had been able to read... Initially, we read very little from the literature text, because even the summaries were too difficult for my students, but it wasn't hard to get at the material from other angles.
Studies undertaken as single studies rather than as part of a programme, initiative or fellowship were included because detailed summaries were available for the former whereas summaries were not available or had no methodological detail for latter types of studies.
