effect estimate

collocation in English

meaningsofeffectandestimate

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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/
us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈes.tɪ.mət/
us
/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofeffectandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the literature, statements were made about the direction of bias from design characteristics (19;22), but a referenceeffectestimatewas never used.
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The drawback of this approach is that it involves subjectivity in determining whether a giveneffectestimateis on a straight line or off.
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We found a trend, although not statistically significant, toward a highereffectestimatein high-quality trials.
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Studies with proper randomization and blinding procedure produce a slightly higher (not statistically significant)effectestimatecompared to the other studies.
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In the final model we only included those variables that materially altered theeffectestimateof influenza vaccine exposure.
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In this research, the pooledeffectestimateis reached irrespective of the way quality is incorporated into the final conclusion.
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The pooledeffectestimateof the high-quality studies (0.53) only provides a much higher estimate of the probable treatment effect, although not statistically significant.
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As in a meta-analysis, investigators construct effect estimates of individual trials, weight them appropriately, and then combine them into a summaryeffectestimate.
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Therefore, this meta-analysis offered the possibility of determining a kind of gold standardeffectestimate to study the influence of design characteristics on outcome.
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This will result in the combinedeffectestimatebeing biased toward finding a significant effect.
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When heterogeneity is substantial, a prediction interval rather than a confidence interval can help have a better sense of the uncertainty around theeffectestimate.
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To facilitate finding solutions for the previous step, studies were represented in ascending order of their effect estimates.
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The effect estimates of the moment method were clearly biased towards zero.
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The present study is limited by its modest sample size, resulting in wide confidence intervals for effect estimates, especially for the aggregation of eating disorders.
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To facilitate the investigation, the yearly effect estimates have been plotted in figures.
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