Sentence examples for distortion of the study from inspiring English sources

In addition, it is unlikely that these factors could have caused serious distortion of the study findings considering the general lack of association with exposure to benzene across the assessed industries (ionizing radiation), weak association with leukemia (smoking), and rare occurrence (family history of leukemia) (Zeeb and Blettner 1998).

The analysis of these questionnaires makes it possible to assess, whether distortions of the study results are to be expected through the non-participation of this group of people.

Like a true zombie, this distortion of the Impact Study is disguised to appear believable.

The administration of George W. Bush has differed qualitatively from the previous five administrations, both Republican and Democratic, in its attacks on scientific integrity, censorship of scientific information, stacking of scientific advisory committees with unqualified candidates, and outright distortion of the results of studies by government scientists.

The high reproducibility and inter-observer agreement in our cases was presumably due to the fact that the pathologic lung structures, responsible for the generation of the artifact, provided rather consistent imaging data, and hence a steady source of distortion of the ultrasound signal, during the study period.

Spectrum bias refers to distortions in a diagnostic test's performance caused by a distortion in the study population.

As stated many times in past posts, this position about "studies in the Netherlands" is a distortion of a study by Dr. Theo Sandfort which looked at the mental health of gay men in the Netherlands.

In our studies, the distortion of the C0 and C2 ratio was observed under the action of nanoparticle solutions of both metals, while the ratio among other acylcarnitines and carnitine remained within the normal limits.

The reason is that λ reflects systematic inflation on all SNPs while the distortion of the Q-Q plot in our studies is due to a small number of poorly-imputed SNPs.

Unlike severe forms of hydrocephalus observed in other rodent models that result in embryonic or perinatal death or a dome-shaped cranium, the BBS mutant strains used in this study had no distortion of the cranium, the ventriculomegaly was not present at birth, and was progressive in nature [ 25].

Spin, or distortion of study findings, can be used by authors to enhance their study findings more than the results justify [ 1, 2].