Sentence examples for by a reference group from inspiring English sources

Data validity was assessed by a reference group of subject-matter experts.

Creativity is a context-related process in which a solution is individually or collaboratively developed and considered as original, valuable, and useful by a reference group (McGuinness & O'Hare, 2012).

A standard linear regression using an average contemporaneous measure by a reference group (for example, by the school level, by workplace or by closest friends identified by the individuals) as a proxy for social interactions is easy to estimate.

The evaluation was overseen by a reference group and was managed by UNICEF's evaluation office.

The MOU described the SYHN Program and the cross-sector collaboration required, overseen by a reference group consisting of school principals and representatives from ACT Government.

The questionnaire and optional items were completed by 245 patients with cataracts, glaucoma, or age-related macular degeneration, by 110 others before and after cataract surgery, and by a reference group (n = 31).

Catalytic validity will be achieved by using a reference group of researchers from a range of different backgrounds (academic GP, sociology, business school, psychiatry) so that the emerging data can be critically examined and the topic guide is refined according to the emerging thematic analysis.

Because general agreement exists that fatalities resulting from on-duty trauma are work-related, we used trauma deaths investigated by NIOSH as a reference group for job-related factors.

First of all, the present reanalysis sought to reduce the comparison bias by using as a reference group – instead of the general population – a working population with limited or null exposure to occupational carcinogenic agents and with hiring criteria and duration of employment similar to those of the exposed group(s) under study.

Such simultaneity is referred to by Manski (1993) as a "reflection" problem that arises when the behaviour of an individual affects, and is also affected by, the behaviour of a reference group.

To minimize confounding by indication, we selected a reference group of new users of the alternative first-line antidiabetes drug, the SUs, and adjusted for baseline HbA1c level.