The MCID and SCB for pain intensity (VAS) and neck disability index (NDI) were estimated using common anchor-based methods.
Anchor, based in Las Vegas, also makes slot machines.
There are limitations with the anchor based methodology.
Both distributional based and anchor based approaches were used for deriving estimates.
Given the current emphasis in using anchor based method for establishing MID [ 22, 23, 30], a tentative conclusion based on early anchor MID values is preferred.
The anchor based approach resulted in estimates of 3.21 and 2.97 for the two studies.
The anchor based MIC was identified as 11 DHI-N points.
Some researchers are building self-burying anchors based on razor clams.
A so-called 'composite map' can be produced in which markers from individual component maps are merged into a single map based on their position relative to common anchor loci.
The papers shared some common "anchor" questions that helped examiners determine where the grade boundaries should be.
There were very few common anchoring markers between all genetic maps, which impeded a meta-analysis of QTLs, but anchoring on genome allowed aligning all the maps.
