Sentence examples for graded downwards from inspiring English sources

The evidence from the study conducted in India was also graded downwards for indirectness of population and comparison and imprecision.

This was relatively common with three trials which recruited less than 100 patients graded downwards by one level for imprecision [ 29, 32, 33].

Confidence in the estimate of effect is subsequently graded downwards and upwards based on criteria such as study limitations and inconsistency of results.

Failure to report on the process of randomization and allocation concealment in the study conducted in Turkey was considered a serious limitation and therefore the evidence was graded downwards by one level.

However, after subjecting the studies to the GRADE quality assessment process, all the studies were graded downwards leaving no high quality evidence for any of our 5 Kenyan policy questions.

The lowermost sediments of Agbada Formation grade downwards into the more deeply buried thick marine shale sequences, clays, silts and often turbidite sands of the Akata Formation that were deposited in shallow marine shelf to deepwater environments (Nwajide 2013).

This seems to have contributed to pass rates at most grades drifting downwards, although any effect will have been ameliorated by the exams watchdog Ofqual's "ethical commitment" to keeping results consistent from year to year.

"In the summer we acted on joint instructions from regulators to adjust our GCSE English language awards downwards at Grade C, in order to ensure comparable outcomes.

The Education Select Committee is investigating claims that grades have been manipulated downwards.

UCU fears a US model would lead to "rampant grade inflation and other downwards pressures on academic standards".

Giving some students a grade which is adjusted downwards would lower their standard of achievement when it actually needs to be raised.