Sentence examples for items to decrease from inspiring English sources

We regulate all sorts of items to decrease danger to the public, from baby cribs to bicycle helmets.

Items which conceptually might be negatively associated with health information technology use were mixed in with positively associated items to decrease rote responding; these were then scored in reverse order [ 38].

As a trend, with the elapse of time, the difference between global assessment and single items tended to decrease for both indications.

In addition, the present analyses examined the possibility of item reduction to decrease respondent burden and developed an optimal scoring algorithm for the measure.

LR- indicate the ability of the single item screener to decrease the post-test probability of having "depressive mood", the conventional cut-point being LR- < .1.1

The 20 item Cronbach's alpha of 0.69 was satisfactory, particularly given that in order to achieve high discriminatory power, a scale must include very easy items as well as very difficult items, which tends to decrease the internal consistency of the scale [ 26].

The order of the SF-36v2 and the CDC HRQOL items was alternated to decrease ordering effects.

Three items were rephrased to decrease ambiguity (e.g., time since last hospital stay: scoring option 'now in hospital' was replaced with 'transfer from other hospital'; living arrangement: 'alone with spouse partner' was replaced with 'with spouse/partner only'; negation was removed in 'informal helper is unable to continue in caring activity').

One item turned out to decrease the reliability of a factor, i.e.: 'It is often unpleasant to work with staff from other hospital units' (F6).

In a second step, two items which were found to decrease the internal consistency of this item selection were removed.

The results of the polls indicated that more than 60% of citizens wanted the NHI program to continue in preference to other changes; 11% wanted the number of items covered and premiums to decrease; and another 11% wanted the number of items covered to increase with a decrease in premiums.