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So, we again calibrated the Welch statistic against the appropriate t referent distribution and determined (unadjusted) " p values" for each permutation.
As for the Oval Office , it is mostly used when the referent is `authority of the executive branch of the government' to avoid identifying the (incumbent) president personally and to indicate official policy.
I don't know about Canada, Australia, etc., but in the U.S. this kind of referent usage is considered a heinous illiteracy (by those who consider such matters), and those who wish to appear educated would be wise to avoid it.
Cassidy offered an intriguing explanation: the metaphor probably originated in Caribbean folklore, which has it that sea turtles (the referent for caouane in standard French dictionaries) copulate for a hundred days at a time.
, those who did not report to have used aspirin at least once a week for at least one year) served as the referent category throughout the logistic regression analyses.