IN THIS issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Chao et al 1 report the results of a study that examined the impact of using four different risk/benefit measures when communicating survival ...
Absolute errorThe numerical difference between a forecasted quantity and the actual result is known as absolute error. If you predict that you'll run a mile in eight ...
Data from medical research are typically summarized with various types of outcome measures. We present three arguments in favor of absolute over relative outcome measures. The first argument is from ...
In this volume, Spiegler and coworkers present their work on very low-birth weight infants (VLBW), they analysed at what age parents start complementary food in these infants, they determined risk ...
When you make a trade, there will be trading costs, but what’s the best way to measure those costs? The basic principle in TCA is to compare your achieved execution price to some observed benchmark, ...
In this interview, Sue Berets, the Applications Scientist at Harrick Scientific, talks to AZoM about specular reflectance measurements and the difference between absolute and relative. Please tell us ...