The points system in the 1905 Tour de France had been successful enough in reducing cheating, so the Tour organisers used it again in the 1906 Tour de France, with a few changes: whereas in 1905, time differences still had some effect on the points distribution, in 1906 time differences were unimportant, and points were only given for the order in which the cyclists finished.
In everyday life, these differences are unimportant and individuals are able to function in similar ways in spite of subtle differences in their neuronal configurations.
The reason the FDA action will make a modest rather than a great difference is not because it is unimportant, but rather because it is late in the game.
Although natural abilities of the mind are not traditionally classified as moral virtues and vices, the difference between these types of traits is unimportant, Hume argues.
In cross-sectional (e.g. diagnostic) studies, minor underestimation is unimportant, as the difference in specific binding between target (e.g. cortical) and reference regions would be high.
Assuming that the event rates for the Standard treatment and Short treatment populations are 90% and 89.5%, respectively, that a difference of 10,0 points or less is unimportant, and that alpha (1 tailed) is set at 0.05, the sample size in the two groups will be 200 each.
This assumes that the response rates for the ASMP and OAKP groups are equal (at 38.0%, the level of response achieved for the WOMAC function scale in our earlier RCT [ 10]), and that a difference of 20.0 points or less is unimportant and allows for 20% drop out.
The difference may be unimportant, but it should not pass without challenge.
In the case of a big shift both procedures have a very high power, and a small difference may be unimportant, too.
