relative effectiveness

collocation in English

meaningsofrelativeandeffectiveness

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relative
adjective
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/
us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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effectiveness
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈfek.tɪv.nəs/
us
/əˈfek.tɪv.nəs/
the degree to which something ...
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(Definition ofrelativeandeffectivenessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One could compare therelativeeffectivenessof two different interventions.
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A second line of investigation has been therelativeeffectivenessof different forms of multimedia glossing.
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As noted above, however, conclusive determination ofrelativeeffectivenessis not possible at present.
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There have been very few evaluations comparing therelativeeffectivenessof computerized and paper-based guidelines.
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Therefore, determination of therelativeeffectivenessof the biological control agents within this substrate was inconclusive.
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Each party may prefer a subset of means based on theirrelativeeffectivenessand cost.
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Evaluating therelativeeffectivenessof structured-input and output-based instruction in foreign language learning.
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This process makes it possible to illustrate therelativeeffectivenessof different interventions for health improvement.
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However, the studies had methodological limitations, and therelativeeffectivenessof treatments was unclear.
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Therelativeeffectivenessof different wavelengths in inducing damage is described by action spectra.
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The ability to substitute capital for forestland will also affect therelativeeffectivenessof indirect conservation payments.
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Therelativeeffectivenessand degree of harmonisation of direct versus indirect elder-care policies is an unstudied issue.
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Interestingly, these policy decisions appear to have been made without strong evidence for therelativeeffectivenessof various interventions.
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Therelativeeffectivenessand efficiency (opportunity costs) of competing healthcare services is, in principle, central to such debates.
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Some amendments relate torelativeeffectiveness.
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Relativeeffectivenessis one key tool towards rational use.
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Presumably, it must reflect therelativeeffectivenessof excitatory and inhibitory summations within the dendrites of wide-field movement detector neurones within the crab optic tract.
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There are a number of reasons that could account for therelativeeffectivenessof the output-based instruction in this study.
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To play its part in language reversal, bilingual education needs to show itsrelativeeffectiveness, both as an educational approach and for language maintenance planning.
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The third possible reason for therelativeeffectivenessof the output-based instruction in this study is that it aided automatic use of the target structure.
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The factors associated with initiation of treatment in different parts of the world are unclear, as is therelativeeffectivenessof various treatment modalities.
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It combined quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis in order to define and examine notions of teachers' relational andrelativeeffectiveness.
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No conclusion regarding therelativeeffectivenessof focus-on-form and focus-on-forms instruction is possible from the analysis of the 11 studies.
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What the persuasion research yielded were indications of therelativeeffectivenessof various standardized techniques in manipulating men on the basis of existing administrative categories.
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