Sentence examples for change measure from inspiring English sources

We investigated whether our new test can provide fair measurement and constitutes a valid change measure by testing the fit of one uniform Rasch model both on data from different groups of test takers (e.g., female and male students) and on pre- and posttest data (see, e.g., Bond and Fox, 2007; Hambleton and Jones, 1993; Lord, 1980).

We lack a test with confirmed suitability for inter-individual comparisons independent of the test taker's individual characteristics (fair measurement), which not only enables one-time measurement but also can reflect learning progress (valid change measure).

Thus, a well-defined change measure and control process is vital for the success of the development project.

But the climate change measure, a high priority of President Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will no doubt be right at the top of the list.

"A lot of Democrat members got burnt on that vote," warned Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, who called the climate change measure the defining vote of this, the 111th, Congress.

After the session, both joked that they were they were tempted to tidy up some other Senate business while they were at the Capitol -- perhaps pass a climate change measure and clear a few judges, for example.

And the House-passed climate-change measure is more than a dozen votes shy of Senate approval.

The politicians could then turn to tax reform, immigration, gun violence, maybe a modest climate-change measure, and substantive oversight.

House Democrats have already taken a difficult vote on a climate-change measure that has yet to advance in the Senate.

In one sign of this, three of the five House Democrats from Indiana, which reported an unemployment rate of 10.6percentt in May, voted against the climate-change measure backed by the White House when it passed by a narrow margin on the House floor last month.

Oil companies are fiercely opposed to the climate-change measure, which would also require California to slash gasoline use on state roads.