A Rankit Analysis of Paired Comparisons for Measuring the Effect of Sprays on Flavor

Bliss, C. I.; Greenwood, Mary L.; White, Edna Sakamoto

doi:10.2307/3001679

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“…A significant group (BTC vs. pre-BTC) by time (baseline vs. follow-up) interaction in which the BTC group displayed greater reductions or smaller increases in criminal offending, drug days, or jail days from baseline to follow-up compared to the pre-BTC group was considered evidence of a treatment effect. Because the outcome data were counts, scores on these three measures were converted to normal scores calculated using the Rankit method (Bliss et al 1956). The Rankit procedure was selected because it produced the most accurate results in a recent Monte Carlo comparison of the four formulas used in SPSS to calculate normal scores (Solomon and Sawiloswsky 2009).…”

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Breaking the cycle demonstration project: using a quasi-experimental analysis to test the “worst of both worlds” hypothesis and risk principle

Walters

2015

J Exp Criminol

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Objectives The purpose of this study was to test the Bworst of both worlds^hypothesis and the risk principle in a sample of drug-involved offenders enrolled in the Breaking the Cycle (BTC) demonstration project, an intensive drug intervention implemented in Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida, and Tacoma, Washington. Methods A group of 1081 drug-involved offenders enrolled in BTC were compared to 934 drug-involved offenders (pre-BTC) who processed through the regular court system of each city 1 year prior to implementation of BTC. Participants from both groups were divided into risk levels based on scores from the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) Drug (D) and Legal (L) scales. Individuals who scored at or above the mean on both the ASI-D and ASI-L were identified as high risk, individuals who scored at or above the mean on either the ASI-D or ASI-L but not both were identified as moderate risk, and individuals who scored below the mean on both the ASI-D and ASI-L were identified as low risk. Results Consistent with the risk principle, high-risk BTC participants displayed significant improvements in subsequent drug problem days, criminal offending, and days spent in jail relative to high-risk pre-BTC participants. There was no apparent benefit of BTC enrollment for moderate-and low-risk participants. Conclusions These results indicate that drug-crime comorbidity can be used to assess risk and that individuals identified as high risk are more likely to benefit from higherintensity forms of intervention than moderate-or low-risk individuals.

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Breaking the cycle demonstration project: using a quasi-experimental analysis to test the “worst of both worlds” hypothesis and risk principle

Walters

2015

J Exp Criminol

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“…Saaty (1977) proposed a consensus method through evaluation by group discussion to provide treatment or item scores on a ratio scale. Bliss, Greenwood and White (1956) used "rankits" in the analysis of paired comparisons. Mehra (1964) and Puri and Sen (1969) extended the idea of signed ranks to paired comparisons.…”

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Paired Comparisons.

Bradley¹

1982

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“…To determine whether the measured POC, PON and carbon pools show significant differences between the light treatments, an ANOVA with one classification criterion was performed, followed by a post hoc Tukey's HSD test. Data normality of the different data sets was verified using the Rankit test (Bliss et al 1956). The homogeneity of variance was confirmed using Levene's test (Levene 1960).…”

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Towards a carbon budget of the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Crocosphaera: effect of irradiance

Rabouille¹,

Cabral²,

Pedrotti³

2017

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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We examined changes in carbon fluxes in the marine unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium (UCYN) Crocosphaera watsonii in response to irradiance. We estimated changes in the total organic carbon and nitrogen contents, incorporation of carbon into reserves, and exudation processes of extracellular exopolymeric substances (EPS), as well as in the formation of transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP). Variability of cellular carbon pools and extracellular EPS and TEP under conditions of different irradiance and the significance of carbon release in the environment is discussed. Our results show a relationship between growth rate, metabolic processes of carbon incorporation in cells, exudation and irradiance. When growth is light-limited, both carbon production and exudation increase with light. No inhibition occurs at growth-saturating irradiances and half of the total particulate organic carbon is then found as intracellular carbohydrates. While the overall growth becomes light saturated, carbon fixation is further stimulated by higher irradiances, leading to an increased EPS exudation. We found that EPS exudation in C. watsonii is not only a way for cells to release excess carbon, but also occurs when growth is light-limited, even at the lowest irradiance tested. The formation of TEP increases with irradiance, with TEPcarbon amounting to up to 30% of the total particulate organic carbon. Our data will help to quantify the role of unicellular diazotrophs in the export of both carbon and nitrogen through and below the euphotic zone in the marine environment.

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A Rankit Analysis of Paired Comparisons for Measuring the Effect of Sprays on Flavor

Cited by 55 publications

References 10 publications

Breaking the cycle demonstration project: using a quasi-experimental analysis to test the “worst of both worlds” hypothesis and risk principle

Breaking the cycle demonstration project: using a quasi-experimental analysis to test the “worst of both worlds” hypothesis and risk principle

Paired Comparisons.

Towards a carbon budget of the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Crocosphaera: effect of irradiance

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