What the directly measured facts of scientific practice seem to tell us, then, is that, although the universe displays varying degrees of habit (that is to say, of partial, varying, approximate, and statistical regularity), the universe does not display deterministic law.
Today the vested interests that are being threatened by the measured facts of science are the current the seat of world political power, the US energy industry.
A shift was made from measuring the opinion of the patient to measuring facts to assess the quality of care.
Hence, they should measure facts rather than subjective opinions and have the same meaning over time as well as different groups within the overall reference population (Gordon et al 2003b).
For each instrument, we predefined the specific domain that best corresponded to fatigue- and anaemia-related symptoms, physical, functional, social/family, emotional well-being and overall QoL as measured by FACT-F, FACT-An, FACT-G and its subscales.
So measured, in fact, that marriage might even begin to look like attractive again.
It's measured against facts.
This is because society today is measured in facts, figures, and profits.
Quality of life at 6 months will be measured using FACT-G scores, with differences between groups tested using the Student's t-test.
Median survival was equivalent, with a trend towards increased quality of life measured by FACT-L (25.1% for gefitinib compared to 14.7%)[ 8 ].
