proportion of variance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproportionandvariance
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proportion
noun
uk/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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variance
noun
uk/ˈveə.ri.əns/us/ˈver.i.əns/
formal
the fact that two or more things are different, or the amount or number by which they ...
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(Definition ofproportionandvariancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As the figure shows, age contributes a largeproportionofvariance(2) to vocabulary, letter knowledge and speech discrimination (12, 25, and 11%, respectively).
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A lowerproportionofvariancecould be attributed to these two predictors in the two longer tasks, mental rotation and form completion (17%).
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In sum, the model explains a significantproportionofvariancein the familiarity-matched learner subgroups, both in the noun choices and in the decision latencies.
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If the relationship is indeed curvilinear, then the quadratic term should account for a significantproportionofvarianceover and above the linear term.
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Furthermore, it remains to be shown if theproportionofvariancecomponents at the various taxonomic levels is consistent across years.
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We identified theproportionofvariancein scores between guidelines between agencies and guidelines within agencies.
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Perceptions of system quality, information quality and service quality as well as confirmed expectations should then explain a largeproportionofvariancein user satisfaction.
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Again, only the set of socioeconomic variables adds significantly to the slightproportionofvarianceexplained by the demographic control variables.
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Theproportionofvarianceaccounted for was 8.4% in the model for depressed0 anxious mood and 9.1% in the model for alcohol use.
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All effects and interactions that did not account for a significantproportionofvariancewere removed from the equation.
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This is not a smallproportionofvariance, but it is considerably less than is explained by the common theme underlying human resources, liberty aspirations, and legal freedom.
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As was suggested by the patterns of correlations, males and females were similar in the estimate of theproportionofvariancedue to individual-specific environmental effects.
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These analyses examined whether the lower level processing measures could explain any significantproportionofvarianceafter the variance attributable to syntactic and semantic measures has been accounted for.
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However, these genes account for a smallproportionofvariancein reading disability, often less than 0.5%.
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In the case of paired data, this is a measure of theproportionofvarianceshared by the two variables, and varies from 0 to 1.
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There are several types of this and one is defined as, theproportionofvarianceof an observation due to between-subject variability in the true scores.
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Although cumulative contextual risk accounts for considerable proportions of variance in children's adjustment, greater contextual risk does not lead to problems for all children.
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Individual risk factors within each category demonstrated unique prediction of adjustment, and the set of risk factors in each category predicted significant proportions of variance in adjustment.
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