Sentence examples for variable specifications from inspiring English sources

Hundreds or thousands of observations might be needed if the difference between two alternative variable specifications is subtle or the variable is measured over a limited range.

All of the methods described below, including the study period, variable specifications and analytical procedures, are exact replications of those used in the original study, unless indicated otherwise.

We assess the sensitivity of the results across a wide set of alternative datasets, estimation specifications, variable specifications, and estimation methods.

Daily variability in endotoxin concentrations could be characterized by a common set of physical variables and variable specifications at two different locations approximately 5 km apart and at different distances from major agricultural areas that surround the study area [ Figure 1; Supplemental Material, Table S2 (doi:10.1289/ehp.0901602)].

It arises naturally from a latent variable specification.

Nonlinear constraint Variable Specification Equivalent linear constraints                    ,  , and  .

In our preferred variable specification, column [3], the estimated marginal effect is halved, falling to about − 6.5 percentage points.

Table 4 Overview of variable specification and corresponding share of observations Variables Percentage of observations S.D. Definition Household structure  Single person 1 12.98 0.44 Household consists of 1 adult, single.

The latent variable specification of the model that we estimate can be written as: h_{i}^= x_{i}beta + epsilon_{i} (7).

My instrumental variable specification implies that a 1 percentage point increase in the school-leaving state unemployment rate leads to a 1.7 percentage point (2.2%) reduction in the probability of access to employer-sponsored health insurance among men.

Specification (1) uses the import-weighted average tariff as the trade policy variable, specification (2) uses the import penetration rate as the trade volume measure, specification (3) uses export intensity, specification (4) uses the trade openness index, and specification (5) uses the industry penetration index.