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In these studies, the size of the groups seems to have been decided beforehand, due to text book recommendations, and thus the number of groups was given by the total number of already recruited participants divided by the number of participants per group.
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However, most of the research considered only the properties of the MTMD, while the locations of MTMD are decided beforehand.
Under the old six-point scoring system, results were suspected to be decided beforehand, like Soviet elections.
This required privilege level is decided beforehand by the server administrator.
The clearance by occlusal adjustment was decided beforehand with a trial-and-error method so that the occlusal forces were distributed similarly to the distribution of the natural dentition.
It was decided beforehand the film would be a direct sequel, to exploit Bond's emotions following Vesper's death in the previous film.
It was decided beforehand who the three composers would be for the other three songs introduced in Dearly Stars—"Alive", and "Dazzling World".
However, these training agreements are decided beforehand and registered in a training contract to which they should adhere.
The partitioning of categories into work and non-work stressors was decided beforehand, which also contributed to a more directed approach of content analysis.
Strictly speaking, it must be decided beforehand whether leaps (discontinuities) or crises of varying length can be assumed to be the crucial mechanism of change.
Once the first house was selected, it was decided beforehand that the immediate house facing the front door and to the right of the first house would be visited.
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