Example sentences for: nis-

How can you use “nis-” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Finally, contrary to what Besharov and Dembosky convey, the NIS-3 report does not "blithely call for more" reporting.

  • Also, in discounting the rise in incidence found in the NIS-3, Besharov and Dembosky contend that "fatalities arising from child abuse have held roughly steady" between 1986 and 1993.

  • If Besharov and Dembosky want to discount both increments by appealing to the same process (enhanced sensitivity) then they need to explain (1) why this process applied discontinuously in the NIS-3 and did not affect the intervening category of moderate injury or harm, and (2) how the NIS-2 respondents managed to overlook three-fourths of the children who had been seriously injured while at the same time evidencing greater sensitivity in identifying moderately injured children.

  • The NIS-3 findings may run counter to his position, but it is important for Besharov and Dembosky, and for readers of Slate, to get the facts straight.

  • Respondents' sensitivity to moderate injuries increased between the NIS-1 in 1980 and the NIS-2 in 1986, but did not change after that.


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