Sentence examples for by comparing two groups from inspiring English sources

In VIPER, first, the gene expression signature is obtained by comparing two groups of samples representing distinctive phenotypes or treatments, that is, those with and without PTSD.

Foster's study, by contrast, seeks to isolate the impact of abortion by comparing two groups of very similar women: there are few differences in their educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and they all sought an abortion.

One long-term goal of Azoulay's work is "to bring randomized trials to science policy". By comparing two groups over time, this study attempts to replicate the lab-trial method, albeit with historical data, and shed more empirical light on a subject often discussed anecdotally.

This study aims to examine the territorial selection, territorial psychology and territorial behavior of children 8 12 years old when playing outdoors from the perspective of human territoriality theory by comparing two groups of children living in urban villages and residential areas in Beijing respectively.

Data from an online survey of 215 respondents in Portugal was used to test several hypotheses by comparing two groups of consumers: one group that places importance on environmentally friendly packaging and another that regards such packaging as unimportant in product purchase decisions.

Our aim is to evaluate the efficiency and the tolerance of the quilting suture by comparing two groups of 100 patients who had a breast reconstruction by the same technic of extended latissimus dorsi flap, performed by the same surgeon, from 2004 to 2007.

Participants' evaluation of the provided suite of feedback was investigated by comparing four groups: GPs with a satisfactory score (4 or above) in insightful practice.

The effects of the intervention were examined by comparing three groups (attendees and non-attendees of the program from the intervention group, and the control group) and between two groups (intervention group and control group).

We sought to illuminate the neurobiological basis of recreational cocaine use further by comparing four groups of individuals who differed with regard to two factors: familial risk for addiction and stimulant drug exposure.

We have used a different approach by instead comparing two groups of females belonging to the same lineage (the Z strain) that were exposed to males belonging to two different lineages during courtship and mating.

Power calculations were undertaken using Sample Power 1.20 developed by SPSS Inc., comparing two groups (60 individuals in each) and for α = 0.05 (two-sided), (Table 1).