Sentence examples for using the validation sample from inspiring English sources

The focus of the confirmatory study is the assessment of measurement properties and a test of a hypothesized structural model using the validation sample of 219 firms.

To assess differences in calibration, the (Sanders-modified) Brier score and the reliability-in-the-small of the Y-ACNAT-NO and the YO-CNAT were compared using the validation sample.

Using the validation sample, unconditional logistic regression models [ 14] predicting cancer status as determined by the algorithm were generated, first among those with OP cancer (for sensitivity) and then among the controls (for specificity).

The PAS-CONS and PAS-ANT presented significant correlations with the corresponding TEPS subscales using the validation sample of the French version of the TEPS (Loas et al, [ 35]).

With such retrofitting of a model to the data (eg, removing items that are not well accounted for by the model), standard psychometric practices for establishing construct validity require use of a separate (cross-validation) sample 51 this was done in CFA-6 using the validation sample provided by Accreditation Canada.

Similar results were found using the validation samples.

We chose a disability score of ≥2/5 on the 5-point scale used in the development sample, 41 or ≥7/24 on the 24-point Roland Morris Disability scale used in the validation sample.

Model-derived point estimates for the probability of subsequent neutropenic events as a function of first-cycle nadir ANC and an average first-cycle decrease in hemoglobin concentration are presented in Fig. 2. The higher level of the estimated probability curve for the MDACC sample might be due to the higher myelotoxicity of the CAF regimen used in the validation sample.

When we compared medication use in the validation sample, however, cluster 1 had the lowest percentage using any medications for FM and cluster 4 had the highest percentage.

Comparison of medication use in the validation sample indicated that there were no significant differences in medication use between clusters 2 and 3, except with regard to use of benzodiazepines, which was significantly higher in cluster 3 (P <0.0001).

Third, using the subjects from the validation sample, we used a lowess scatterplot smoother to graphically describe the relationship between observed and predicted mortality (Harrell, 2001; Steyerberg, 2009).