We combined the data from the in situ transmission experiments (Fig. 1B) and field surveys (Fig. 1C) to calculate a conservative index of disease susceptibility (Fig. 1D).
APPA is a more liberal index, comprising a single comparison of the level of agreement among coders and ratings, whereas and Krippendorff's α (alpha), is a more conservative index of co-variation applicable to nominal and categorical data, which accounts for agreement expected by chance.
11 In addition, a sensitivity analysis was conducted using a conservative index rate of 4.0%.
Regions of highly correlated SST and Z500 were identified that did not have the bias of conservative index regions.
This conservative index only accounts for half a percent of either dataset.
A more conservative index by the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries shows growth slowing to one-half of a percent in the second quarter, from upward of 4percentt a quarter.
Adequacy of analgesic-drug therapy: Patient Management index (PMI), categorized in a binary variable according to negative (indicating inadequate analgesic care) and positive (conservative indicator of acceptable treatment) levels.
The online ad, and a now-canceled print advertisement scheduled for publication in the July-August edition, promoted a report sponsored by the institute and the American Enterprise Institute, another conservative organization, titled "Index of Leading Economic Indicators".
The list of other plaintiffs and law firms challenging aspects of the act in roughly two dozen cases reads like an index of conservative and libertarian interest groups: the American Center for Law and Justice, the Goldwater Institute, Liberty University, the Thomas More Law Center, the Pacific Justice Institute and the Pacific Legal Foundation, among others.
Their importance for historians is that they provide an index of Panhellenist, conservative Greek opinion, and whoever reads with attention the "Panegyric" (380), "On Peace" (355), "On the Areopagus" (354?), "To Philip" (346), and the "Panathenaic" oration (begun 342, completed 339) will have gained considerably in understanding of the larger issues of the age.
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, produces an annual index of economic freedom.
