It is possible that the impression of a small difference made by that presentation (7 versus 5 6) elicited a greater feeling of certainty, referred to as the "certainty effect" [14], than the other presentations (70 versus 56, and 930 versus 944) (Figure 2).
But what we can say with certainty is that the way we say something certainly creates certainty-effects, and thus forms an important tool in our continued grappling with that obstinate, unruly reality, trying to attain a passable working knowledge of it so as to make it work for us, to get some task or other done.
Because no one can predict with absolute certainty the effects of the political forces in a foreign country, analysts are reduced to making forecasts of alternatives based on what is known about political trends and patterns.
The NEPA process presumes certainty of effects and outcomes, and generally minimizes or ignores uncertainties.
Results were assessed for consistency and whether, taken together, they established with greater certainty, the effects of TKIs in patients with wild type EGFR.
No one can predict with reasonable certainty what effect the government's proposed relief would have on Microsoft and the software industry today.
Mr. Molczan said he believed that the hobbyists hurt no one but that "you can't say with absolute certainty what effect you're having".
David C. Evers, the institute's director and a co-author, with Chris DeSorbo, of the study, said that not enough research had yet been done to say with certainty what effect the elevated mercury levels might have on eagles.
So if the policies fail disastrously, which is getting close to a certainty, the effect is to discredit the entire political center, leaving radicals right and left as the only people who aren't tainted.
It is also difficult to determine with certainty any effect of publication bias or heterogeneity in such a small sample of studies, as indicated by the wide confidence intervals shown in the I test for heterogeneity.
However, this limitation did not prevent us from determining with certainty the effect of high- or low-dose ALN on bone metabolism, osteophyte growth, and cartilage damage in our mouse model of knee injury.
