It becomes the task of the interested user, then, to try to assemble disparate distributed tests, potentially with numerous different parameter settings – some revealed, some not – into a readily understandable form of comparison.
The severity of impairment is associated with that of gait, balance and continence disturbances, and correlations between results on disparate neuropsychological tests are far stronger than among healthy; a dedifferentiation of functions.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor observed that when the court devised the disparate impact test for race discrimination cases, it did so against "a long history of societal bias against black people".
The studies, including one commissioned by the US Senate, use disparate methodologies, test different segments of the nonprofit sector, and their findings vary widely.
The Inclusive Communities Project, a landmark case challenging the disparate impact test, which allows a practice to be considered discriminatory if it disproportionately and negatively impacts communities of color, even if a discriminatory intent can't be proven.
Despite restricting the analysis to the common subset and majority, any influence of the smaller disparate subset on test taker responses to the common questions cannot be accounted for.
The initial six commercials, featuring teenagers of disparate racial backgrounds, were tested recently and "really resonated," said Steve Sanders, senior vice president and account director on Sprite at Lowe Lintas, "because they were real".
The techniques of systems biology have been applied to the study of immunologic diseases to integrate disparate datasets, formulate and test new hypotheses, and further scientific understanding of complex biological processes.
If "statistics" -- often the most objective and clearest measure of a particular policy's or test's disparate impact -- are not sufficient initially to demonstrate disparate impact, one wonders what would be.
We believe these disparate results follow from testing different protocols in different populations, with varying, and usually unreported, clinician compliance.
