This is because, in many cases, the Knapp-Hartung method estimates smaller inconsistency variances compared with the inverse variance method.
In case (b), the gene has been inherited and not lost; thus, the loss sets will be determined by the loss sets at the children: Gi =, Li = Li1 ∪ Li2 (2') However, Li1 and Li2 are non-empty by virtue of (7), so (1') will always give a smaller inconsistency than (2').
Small inconsistencies became obvious.
Small inconsistencies in the text can cause "huge raging canon debates," said Penny Linsenmayer, a Houston lawyer who is one of the group's adminstrators.
Mr. Shyamalan's treatment of this story is both preposterous and complicated, and the movie sinks under the weight of a dozen small inconsistencies and several large contradictions.
Henein's trial strategy relied on the witnesses' failure to divulge all the details of their relationships with Ghomeshi to police from the start, and on scrutinizing small inconsistencies in their stories.
There was not much disagreement about the basic facts of the case — the jury's calculations depended on whether small inconsistencies, both perceived and actual, in Constand's testimony made her seem like a liar, and whether her story, much of which Cosby had corroborated, met the jurors' understanding of sexual assault.
The cross-examination by Matthew Bogdanos, an assistant district attorney, began with a sizzle of accusations -- that Mr. Combs had rehearsed his testimony, had destroyed evidence in the case and had in the past threatened someone with a weapon -- only to taper off to questions about small inconsistencies in his statements.
Much of it centered on small inconsistencies in his testimony, which described life as Mr. Young, his wife, Cheri, and their three small children opened their home to Ms. Hunter during the period in which Mr. Young claimed to be the child's father.
Then there were the small inconsistencies: The court said Ms. Gu and Mr. Heywood had first met in 2005; most published accounts say their association dates back to at least the late 1990s, when Mr. Heywood helped her son gain admission to an elite British school.
