Sentence examples for the deviances from inspiring English sources
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Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs
A new criterion, TE-optimality, is defined, based on the difference in the deviances from the two models, and comparisons are made with T-, Ds- and D-optimality.
To assess the significance and goodness-of-fit of the models, we compare the deviances through a Chi-square test (also known as the 'likelihood ratio test') (Hayes 2006).
To compare the effect of time of day, group size and dietary composition on feeding frequency, we used generalised linear models (with binomial error structure and logit link function, the deviances were scaled to correct for over-dispersion, and using F-tests for analysing significance).
The deviances and asymptotic p-values (in bold) are reported.
Table 2 shows the deviances of the different models used.
The goodness of fit for the models was evaluated on the basis of the deviances.
First, the offender had to acknowledge the deviance — and harmful consequences — of his behavior.
The smaller the deviance the further ahead the explanatory variable was located in the complete model.
The p-value based on the deviance gave the values 0.40,0.22,0.01 when n=1,5,10 respectively.
Comparison of nested model proceeds with −2LL, the deviance statistic for significance testing.
The best stepwise multiple regression using Generalized Linear Models explained 31% of the deviance for Lu.
