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The importance of importance sampling
Computing in Science & Engineering, 1999Importance sampling is an underappreciated Monte Carlo technique. The authors have used it with great success. They share their insights. Importance sampling is designed to reduce the variance of the estimators for a given-size sample.
Isabel Beichl, Francis Sullivan
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Oikos, 2005
Failure to distinguish between ‘importance’ and ‘intensity’ of competition has hindered our ability to resolve key questions about the role interactions may play in plant communities. Here we examine how appropriate application of metrics of importance and intensity is integral to investigating key theories in plant community ecology and how ignoring ...
Brooker, R. +6 more
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Failure to distinguish between ‘importance’ and ‘intensity’ of competition has hindered our ability to resolve key questions about the role interactions may play in plant communities. Here we examine how appropriate application of metrics of importance and intensity is integral to investigating key theories in plant community ecology and how ignoring ...
Brooker, R. +6 more
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The Importance of Ascertaining Participant Preferences: The Importance of What Is Important
Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2021Rosalie Kane made major contributions to research on ascertaining personal preferences. Her work influenced others and was part of a growing movement to place high priority on the voice and subjective experience of people who live with Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS).
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The Importance of Trust and the Importance of Trustworthiness
The American Journal of Bioethics, 2015Kelley and colleagues plead for a “collaborative approach to the governance of research on medical practices that addresses core values of trust, transparency and partnership” (Kelley et al.
Sabine, Salloch +3 more
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Studia Logica, 2012
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João Rasga +2 more
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João Rasga +2 more
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The importance of significance and the significance of importance
Postgraduate Medicine, 1979This article has attempted to illustrate the following principles of statistical significance. 1. An investigator must state the hypothesis to be tested beforehand, so that a null hypothesis can be constructed and validly tested using standard statistical techniques. 2. A statistically significant difference does not prove that a difference exists.
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Antimicrobial ratings: the importance of importance
Australian Veterinary Journal, 2019Debate about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals and the impact on humans is often inappropriately focussed on the crude amount of antimicrobials used in animals without deference to issues of ‘intensity of use’, ‘quality of use’ and especially the class of agents being administered.
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