Sentence examples for inform estimation from inspiring English sources
Identification of such underlying mediating mechanisms is an important component of establishing any causal linkage between early-onset drinking and these later outcomes that would inform estimation of their alcohol-attributable fractions (Rehm et al. 2010).
Previous experience and the magnitude of the experimental effect in preliminary experiments informed estimation of sample size in each experiment.
These perturbations in treatment regimen, both in terms of dose level and continuity provided robust information about the system that was critical to inform parameter estimation.
The data will provide quick and direct estimates of policy impacts on consumption and also inform the estimation of longer-term health benefits and cost saving by providing evidence to incorporate into existing policy appraisal models [ 63].
Specifically, a multiple diameter single fiber reflectance (MDSFR) approach utilizes the SFR intensity vs. fiber diameter profiles to inform independent estimation of the effects of μ′ s and γ on the reflectance signal.
Rather than arbitrarily choosing single studies to inform parameter estimation, we used decision rules to pool relevant data: when the data were sufficiently homogeneous we pooled results using the random effects method of Der Simonian and Laird.
As the sample size was pre-determined and we did not have any data to inform an estimation of an effect size, we did not perform a sample size calculation for this nested study.
The recruitment, attrition and questionnaire completion rates, together with the SD of the main intervention outcomes will inform the estimation of the sample size for a future phase III trial.
By informing variance estimation with prior distributions corresponding to the expected likelihood in a frequentist analysis, one imposes a '2-stage' estimation process that lets the Bayesian MCMC sampling 'concentrate' on the estimation of treatment effects.
In almost all airborne lidar campaigns, acquisition follows a pre-determined sample framework (e.g. random or stratified; [13]), which informs the estimation process.
