These two QPE methodologies are evaluated extensively using four precipitation events that are characterized by different meteorological features.
The effectiveness of the proposed structural design methodologies was evaluated by comparing the margin of safety calculated from various analysis approaches and the random vibration fatigue test results of the PCB specimen.
The correlation between the three methodologies was evaluated using One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); differences were tested for significance by the Mann-Whitney test for two categories and by the Kruskal-Wallis test for three categories.
Each animal study was evaluated within the same subject class, and all steps of the proposed methodology were evaluated separately.
The accuracies of the PQIRT methodology were evaluated under four conditions, including (i) nine depths of debonds, (ii) three temperature ranges, (iii) two types of composites and (iv) changes of heat flux during a 2-h diurnal and continuous monitoring.
The following aspects of the quality of trial methodology were evaluated: generation of the allocation sequence, adequacy of concealment of the allocation of treatment, degree of blinding, and completeness of follow-up.
The rationale for this analysis and methodology were evaluated by 8 study team members and discussed during research meetings throughout the analysis development process.
The methodology was evaluated using two case studies.
