Using the TTE checklist as opposed to the TTE global rating score had the effect of minimising the largest source of error variance in test scores.
The influence of the observer's presence on health worker performance was minimised by the large number of observations conducted over several days, so subject bias was reduced by habituation.
While such effects can never be completely excluded, they were minimised by the large washout period used between treatments and by randomisation of the treatment sequences.
However, the chance of these results being impacted by such error is minimised by the large sample size (N=8,809) and exclusion of cases where there was some indication of linkage inaccuracy.
Using the TTE checklist as opposed to the TTE global rating score had the effect of minimising the three largest sources of error variance in test scores (Table 2).
Arranged in a series of hexagons to form a barrier that minimises the impact of large ocean waves, the proposed "city" would include a mile-high skyscraper to house thousands of residents – which, as an excited Daily Mail and Metro point out, would become the world's first mile-high tower, and twice the height of Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
The averaging was necessary to minimise the relatively large measurement error when the changes were small.
With denoting the average location of gene centres in the lth operon, W k is defined as (1) For fixed k, an assignment of genes into operons is chosen which minimises W k. The larger a k is chosen, the smaller W k will tend to be, but also the explanatory power of the assignment will be reduced.
Elizabeth Truss, environment secretary, said: "Our clean air zones are targeted on the largest vehicles, whilst not affecting car owners and minimising the impact on business.
Correction for population substructure in large scale studies minimises the rate of false positives and dilution of a population-specific signal.
