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Measures

key pointAssessment endpoints and conceptual models help risk assessors identify the data that need to be specified in the analysis plan to quantify and predict change.

Determining meaningful measures to use to evaluate risk hypotheses is challenging as well as essential to the success of a risk assessment.

activity The Types of Measure
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in-depth Measurement Terminology

Next, let's look at an example illustrating these different types of measure. Following are three screens showing the three types of measure as found in one sample assessment.

in-depth About the Coho Salmon Example

Relevant guidelines section(s): 3.5.1


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