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Sunflower Posted 21 years ago
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0Hello everybody,02br
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00Could anybody please help me understanding the possible meaning of 01u00"secular drift" 02u00in the following sentences?02br
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001) Central abstraction in large (>30) batches is recommended to reduce variability and01b00 secular drift02b00 and maintain adequate accuracy and completeness00.02br
002)01b00 Secular drift 02b00and variability in adjudication will be monitored by including 5 randomly selected already adjudicated events for re-adjudication in each batch (at least 10% re-adjudication).02br
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00 I really appreciate (an need) your help! 02br
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0Hi Sunflower,02br 02br 00These are very abstract sentences. Can you supply a bit more context? 02br 02br 00In simple terms, 'secular' is the opposite of 'religious'.

— Clive

  • 0Hi Sunflower,02br 02br 00These are very abstract sentences.
  • Can you supply a bit more context?
  • 02br 02br 00In simple terms, 'secular' is the opposite of 'religious'.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes,02br 02br 00Clive0-
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0Hi Sunflower,02br
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00These are very abstract sentences. Can you supply a bit more context? What is the subject that is being discussed?02br
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00In simple terms, 'secular' is the opposite of 'religious'. Is the topic related to religion?02br
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00Best wishes,02br
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0 Dear Clive, 02br
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00 Thanks for you answer! I pasted a another part of the text. It is medical research proposal. 02br
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00All required documents, reports, hospital records will be identified and copied to the coordinating center (CC) by clinical staff. Then, the CC will check to ensure confidentiality and, if required, have th
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0Hi again,02br
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00I googled 'secular drift' and got things that seemed to relate to the fields of religion, geography and physics. But it ws all rather hard to follow. 02br
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00Perhaps the term 'secular' is used here in its meaning of 'related to the material world'. 'Drift' suggests to me some natural interference with the data being examined.02
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0 Dear Clive,02br
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00 I really appreciate your help!02br
00 I'll try to find a translation into my language that is close to idea you gave me.02br
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00 Thanks again,02br
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00 Best regards!02br
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0 I had a long look too through the googled hits, Sunflower. It is definitely a phrase from statistics, and appears to mean the non-scientific (= secular) slow movement (=drift) away from accuracy and/or consistency of samples or observations.02br
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00 I could find no stated definitions, but here are three excerpts which may help clarify:02br
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0 Hi 00Mister Micawber,02br
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00Thank you so much for the help! 02br
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