Similar to previous studies [ 40, 41] measuring adiposity parameters, inconsistencies in the current % BF and BMI intervention effects suggest a follow-up test to determine whether similar improvements in BMI can be induced.
Although variable selection techniques, such as stepwise regression, can be applied to reduce the predictor variables to a smaller subset, these approaches are also sensitive to collinearity and can lead to biases in parameter estimation, inconsistencies in variable selection, and problems associated with multiple hypothesis testing.
In addition, some hormone parameters show inconsistencies between models of ∑PBDEs and individual BDE congeners, which may be explained by congener-specific effects, as supported by animal and in vitro data.
Yet, assigning the inconsistency parameter to one or the other of the two treatments or splitting the parameter symmetrically between the two treatments can yield different results when multi-arm trials are involved in the evaluation.
Heterogeneity of effect sizes was evaluated with the inconsistency parameter I2 derived from the Cochran Q statistic.
The use of existing technologies to determine these parameters is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and often results in large inconsistencies in parameter estimation due to variations in the protocols and setups.
The point of the matter, known as preference disaggregation, consists in finding the MURAME parameters which minimize the inconsistency between the MURAME evaluations of given alternatives and those properly revealed by the decision maker (DM).
When the optimal lag order is too small, residual autocorrelation problems may be present, which can result in inconsistencies of parameter estimation.
Most of the thyroid parameters showed some inconsistencies with positive and reverse tendencies in the associations, particularly FTi, FT4, and TSH.
Here we present a method capable of proving inconsistency of entire parameter regions with the data.
Amongst these properties Poisson's ratio was identified as a parameter that may have greater inconsistency because of uncertainties in its estimation.
