As an index of comparability of the sampling methods, we considered it important to compare the ratings of the ACRES between advertisement- and street-recruited participants.
Since the type I IFN-responsive pathway is very well conserved among many different species [ 51], we considered it acceptable to compare the gene expression profiles of these mice with the aim of identifying type-I IFN-dependent responses, although comparing transcriptional profiles of wild-type and IFNAR-/ mice from a different genetic background should obviously be done very cautiously.
Therefore, we considered it suitable to compare CogTRA with Minstrel, as the latter is a practical, high-performance solution that has been sparsely explored in the literature until now.
In extending our work, we therefore considered it interesting to compare the pattern of brain activity evoked in opposite- and same-sex lovers when they view the pictures of those they love.
We considered it convenient to compare the accuracy of the positive predictions made by the original methods and the AODE-based classifier (APPIA), since each method has different applicability and is potentially able to detect different type of interactions.
Considering these poor results with uncoated metaphyseal pins, we considered it unethical to compare the bisphosphonate-coated pins with uncoated, even though this would have been ideal to demonstrate the effect of the coating.
Comparison of the linked and non-linked cases: since not all the cases could be linked, we considered it relevant to compare both groups on year of birth and type of birth.
Although critics felt that it lacked a classic single and considered it a minor letdown compared to Body Talk Pt. 1, it received praise for being solid and club-ready.
In situations where multiple outcomes, patient profiles and also patient preferences need to be considered, it is challenging to compare benefits and harms without a quantitative approach.
We considered it difficult to directly compare the pyrosequence data obtained in this study to that of the sequences obtained by shotgun sequencing in Tian et al. [ 9] because differences in sequence accuracies between the two strategies might be significant.
