Sentence examples for controlling for performance from inspiring English sources
Information processing speed was assessed using the visual threshold serial addition test (VT-SAT), a computerized modification of the PASAT designed to assess processing speed by controlling for performance accuracy.
Conceivably, the observed task performance effects associated with aging may exert a more globally distributed effect on cortical functional organization, while local effects become more pronounced after controlling for performance differences.
Interactions between group and test type were fitted to assess group-associated effects on particular tasks whilst controlling for performance on other tasks.
After controlling for performance status and disease burden, an almost threefold increased risk of death remained for patients with incomplete resection.
A systematic literature review of the effectiveness and safety of chemotherapy in elderly colon cancer patients suggests that the effectiveness of treatment is no different than in younger populations, after controlling for performance status 14.
Finally, our group found that pre-operative VO2peak is a strong independent predictor of overall survival in NSCLC surgical candidates even when controlling for performance status, gender, and age[ 16].
The first study did not control for performance differences.
The majority of functional developmental imaging studies have controlled for performance differences in order to establish true age effects.
However, studies that have not observed poor recall in SLI have controlled for performance on the encoding phase of the learning task (Baird et al., 2010; Records et al., 1995).
It is important to note that some of these studies also have several of the caveats mentioned above, namely, failing to control for performance on the inner speech condition and not ensuring that participants refrain from producing overt speech.
By taking into account pre-post differences and controlling for initial performance levels, it facilitates an appraisal of performance gain for specific learning objectives.
