observed variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofobserveandvariation
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observe
verb[T]
uk/əbˈzɜːv/us/əbˈzɝːv/
formal
to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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These trials had a similar design, but theobservedvariationin transmission was very high.
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Observedvariationin species richness on ecological gradients and between regions has attracted several different explanations.
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A number of explanations have been offered to account for theobservedvariationin learner speech.
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Thus, theobservedvariationin the relative risks are due to other, unmeasured factors, that are connected to the regions.
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The genotype response to disease may have accounted for some of theobservedvariationin yield recorded.
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We interpret theobservedvariationin intraspecific synchrony in terms of contrasting water-use and pollination strategies.
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Theobservedvariationmay reflect real differences in the values of the different societies that the healthcare systems serve.
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Theobservedvariationin intensity has been fitted by a cos2 dependence (full and dashed line respectively).
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Only after such questions are answered, can it be decided whetherobservedvariationis analogous or homologous with human culture.
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Havingobservedvariationin individual growth trajectories, we will try to explain some of this variation below.
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Because the empirical discussion was focused on one sector in one country, theobservedvariationcannot be ascribed to differences between countries or policy areas.
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The resulting diversity of abstention practices would thus explain theobservedvariationof birth intervals following children who survive for 2 or more years.
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This means, however, that theobservedvariationbetween local authorities is due primarily to factors other than local authority nursing home placement policies and practice.
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Despite this, theobservedvariationof lipid content is apparently important, as indicated by foraging effort, to at least three frugivorous species.
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The results showed that differences between ratings were statistically significant, and therefore theobservedvariationwas not an artifact of experimental error.
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Moreover, the relative variability of net inventory investment is only 5%; thus the model is able to explain only 17% of theobservedvariation.
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Specifically, what is thematic or basic to the vowel inventory, and what kind of systematicity is associated with theobservedvariation?
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However, the fact that several coefficients are significantly different from zero indicates that theobservedvariationis larger than would be expected by chance alone.
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A deterministic model of pronoun distribution shows that although the factor of age has some influence on pronoun selection, it cannot by itself explain theobservedvariation.
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In other words, essential separation allows the relation between plural noun phrases in a sentence to be vague enough to allow for theobservedvariationin interpretation of such sentences.
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