The upshot is that the forecast model is anticipating a gain of another point or two for Mr. Obama in the slowly-updating polls like Gallup, as they fully roll over to post-convention data.
But on Friday, I wrote that Mr. Obama might eventually hold about a five-point lead over Mr. Romney once the tracking polls fully rolled over to post-convention data.
But there is also the possibility of an eagle, with Mr. Obama holding as much as an eight- to nine-point lead over Mr. Romney in the polls once they fully reflect post-convention data.
Instead, that Mr. Obama has gained two or three points in polls conducted essentially halfway through his convention suggests that his gains could eventually be larger, perhaps on the order of five points, once the surveys fully reflect post-convention data.
Of the four topics with the least level of knowledge in the pre-convention data, three of the four improved to moderate knowledge: stress management (65% post, 48% pre, P < 0.001), fatigue management (64% post, 44% pre, P < 0.001), and disease risk factors (58% post, 48% pre).
Real-time PCR is an extremely powerful technique, however, often its results are open to interpretation since there is no convention for data presentation.
Next week's report is the last one before the Republican convention; jobs data for October will not be released until the Friday after the election.
(In November 2009 an amendment to the NEAFC convention required data to be transmitted at least once every hour in the NEAFC Regulatory Area [37]).
While we refer to all GRS as risk scores by convention, epidemiological data would in fact indicate that higher GRS values should be associated with increased protection from CVD, not increased risk, as higher plasma HDL is protective [ 3].
As ultrasonic anemometry is used more frequently in aeolian geomorphology it is important to question accepted conventions concerning data processing and analysis.
