Sentence examples for purposes of external from inspiring English sources

iv) For the purposes of external validity, (1) the sample population had to reasonably represent a typical population presenting for diagnosis in clinical practice (e.g. they could not use healthy or asymptomatic controls who had no indications for testing), and (2) the index test needed to provide a threshold for dichotomizing results.

This has been made compulsory for the purpose of external quality assurance.

Our microarray experiments and two publicly available microarray studies fulfilled the purpose of external validation [ 18– 20].

Furthermore, we compared model results with clinical data from the American PIVOT trial for the purpose of external validation.

There was a limited understanding of the concept, context and purpose of external peer review and some distrust of the host educational provider.

Secondly, it was necessary for the purpose of external data collection and independent data analysis to establish collaboration with a provider of such services that was separate from, and independent of, the participating clinical institutions.

For the purpose of external validation, the LROI board clearly defined the definitions for primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty and requested all possible treatment codes for surgical arthroplasty procedures on the hip and knee.

At present, the instruments are widely adopted and implemented in two-yearly evaluations of the nursing and care sector in The Netherlands for the purpose of external transparency and internal quality assurance.

The "I am Andersen" campaign is antithetical to the stated purpose and role of external auditing firms.

One of the core purposes of an external inspection is to contribute to improving quality of care.

One of the core purposes of an external inspection is to contribute to improvement of the quality of care.