Sentence examples for control provinces from inspiring English sources

Ontario contributed 19,888 and 11,293 observations and the control provinces 12,324 and 14,637 observations in the pre- and post-intervention periods, respectively.

Indicator variables for the treatment group (Ontario) and for the post-intervention period (2008 09) serve as controls and adjust for fixed differences between the intervention and control provinces, and common trends over time, respectively.

Comprehensive surveillance of poultry in the test and control provinces or districts will be carried out to compare the outcome of the control measures over a period of spanning two winters.

To ensure accuracy of the data, client reporting was monitored by a field supervisor appointed by the provincial department of health (for control provinces) and the M&E team (for intervention provinces) through regular visits to the clinics and review of reported data that was then double checked by the research team.

Turning to the essential regression models, as size-earnings relation in 1996 can only be established by ruling out provincial disturbance, all of the models that are estimated for both 1996 and 2006 data control province dummies.

The powerful Beiyang Army had split into two major factions whose semi-independent commanders controlled provinces in the Yangtze valley and in the north; these factions competed for control of Beijing.

Baba Amr's fall means that the government can now move on, as it is apparently already doing, to wrest back control of the city of Hama and other "liberated" areas of Syria farther north, including the largely out-of-control province of Idlib near the Turkish border.

This can be achieved by controlling province dummies when addressing the size-earnings relation.

Interestingly, after controlling province dummies, a positive size-earnings correlation is established.

The reason a significant size-earnings correlation in 1996 existed only after controlling province dummies may be that many large-size enterprises, particularly SOEs, were located in provinces/regions where local economic performance was quite bad.

Of note, though the analysis was controlled by province, province of origin was significantly associated with MSM activity.