If the agreement is defined at high levels expected to lead to minimal measurement error, then knee cartilage volume can be measured sufficiently and accurately with one in two slices both cross-sectionally and longitudinally regardless of ROA status and./or reader.
And even if several concocted their identities, participating only to be included in the lottery, our sample size was sufficiently large so that their responses would have had little or no impact on our findings (i.e., minimal measurement error).
Exposure estimates with minimal measurement error are necessary to produce valid effect estimates.
It is important to ensure that the assessment tools we use in the clinical setting and in research have minimal measurement error.
These data indicate minimal exposure measurement error for epidemiological studies that use a single serum sample to estimate U.S. adult exposure over a year.
High levels of inter-rater reliability for the overall station scores can also be achieved, indicating a minimal amount of measurement error was introduced by independent assessors.
The aim of the study, therefore, was to determine the optimal sampling of 1.5 mm thick MRI slices required to estimate the volumes of and rate of change in lateral, medial tibial and patellar cartilage with minimal increase in measurement error.
Absolute reliability indices, including the standard error of measurement, minimal detectable change, and Bland-Altman limits of agreement, were used to quantify measurement errors and determine systematic biases of the two test occasions.
The advantages of the proposal include: minimal measurement requirements, regulation with fast convergence to the desired growth rate and reduced regulation error in the presence of disturbances.
contain minimal measurement noise.
