In contrast, the effect size of said tests is independent of sample size and can be used as an objective point of comparison between detrital age distributions.
They were testing telephone lines, & when they got tired of saying "Testing one, two, three, four, testing," they started saying "Spaceship One to flotilla leader," & things like that.
B3 A CASE IN NEVADA -- The governor of Nevada said tests showed that a piece of mail received by a Microsoft office in Reno contained anthrax.
Mr. Fici, of Westinghouse, said tests showed the AP1000 was many times safer than existing plants.
Mary Bousted, general secretary of ATL, said testing pupils throughout their courses may have triggered a rise in girls' confidence.
Dr. McCully, who is sometimes called the father of homocysteine, said tests for it were as crude as cholesterol tests were 50 years ago.
Studio executives were never famous for their courage anyway, and Ed Pressman, the producer of "Reversal of Fortune," says test screenings have made things worse.
Hal Stratton, chairman of the safety commission, said tests of some jewelry indicated lead concentration levels by weight as high as 69percentt.
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said testing was "an unhelpful step".
"At the end of the day," he said, "tests are a part of life".
