But Haddad and his colleagues found that an eNose calibrated to agree with Israeli scent preferences predicted Ethiopians' preferences equally well, suggesting that that our preference for particular scents may transcend culture.
The commonest reason for patients declining (n=290, 83%) was a preference for operative or non-operative care, with preferences equally balanced (144 and 146, respectively).
More participants preferred ICBT, but strength of preference was equally distributed across the two groups.
However, this preference applied equally to all high-school players, regardless of their age: 16 of the 21 players born in 1994 were picked ahead of their Baseball America ranking, and 20 of the 25 players born in 1993 were.
In principle we compare olfactory preference between equally-treated individual 'target' larvae of the same genotype that are embedded in differently behaving groups.
Media plays up the idea that women want guys with big dicks and guys want women with big boobs, but the actual spectrum of preferences pretty equally runs the gamut.
Indeed, more than 9 of every 10 participants preferred Sweden's wealth distribution to that of the U.S. Just as importantly, this preference was shared equally by men and women, Bush voters and Kerry voters, and citizens of all income levels.
The placebo condition allowed the detection in the test condition of significant preferences as well as the presence of two equally balanced preference groups.
Table 1 Pairwise comparison scale for AHP preferences (Kamal and Al-Harbi, 2001) Numerical rating Verbal judgments of preferences 9 Extremely preferred 8 Very strongly to extremely 7 Very strongly preferred 6 Strongly to very strongly 5 Strongly preferred 4 Moderately to strongly 3 Moderately preferred 2 Equally to moderately 1 Equally preferred.
Table 3 Numerical rating and preferences (Saaty 2000) Numerical rating Verbal judgments of preferences 9 Extremely preferred 8 Very strongly to extremely 7 Very strongly preferred 6 Strongly to very strongly 5 Strongly preferred 4 Moderately to strongly 3 Moderately preferred 2 Equally to moderately 1 Equally preferred.
