characterized by or showing partiality or prejudice; discriminatory
Examples of 'discriminative' in a sentence
discriminative
Each method used was applicable for standardized and highly discriminative subtyping with high concordance.
Ulla Ruffing, Ruslan Akulenko, Markus Bischoff, Volkhard Helms, Mathias Herrmann,Lutz von Müller 2012, 'Matched-Cohort DNA Microarray Diversity Analysis of Methicillin Sensitive and MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Hospital Admission Patients', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0052487. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The optimized discriminative model showed total accuracy of 82.9% and sensitivity of 81.3%.
Qiu-Feng Chen, Hua-Jun Chen, Jun Liu, Tao Sun, Qun-Tai Shen 2016, 'Machine Learning Classification of Cirrhotic Patients with and without Minimal HepaticEncephalopathy Based on Regional Homogeneity of Intrinsic Brain Activity', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0151263. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The discriminative performances of the other three traditional neuroimaging morphological measures were also examined.
Kunpeng Cai, Hong Xu, Hao Guan, Wanlin Zhu, Jiyang Jiang, Yue Cui, Jicong Zhang, TaoLiu, Wei Wen 2017, 'Identification of Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease Using Sulcal Morphology and OtherCommon Neuroimaging Indices', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0170875. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The discriminative power of the prediction models with and without genotype scores was compared.
Yi-Cheng Chang, Pi-Hua Liu, Yu-Hsiang Yu, Shan-Shan Kuo, Tien-Jyun Chang, Yi-Der Jiang,Jiun-Yi Nong, Juey-Jen Hwang, Lee-Ming Chuang, Lee-Ming Chuang 2014, 'Validation of type 2 diabetes risk variants identified by genome-wide associationstudies in Han Chinese population: a replication study and meta-analysis.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988150?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This degradation of spatial discriminative capacity lessened when an adapting stimulus was used.
Dennis Robert G, Holden Jameson K, Tannan Vinay, Zhang Zheng, Tommerdahl Mark 2008, 'A quantitative method for determining spatial discriminative capacity', BioMedical Engineering OnLinehttp://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/7/1/12. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The discriminative capacity of different instruments would differ across disease groups.
Jing Chen, Carlos K H Wong, Sarah M McGhee, Polly K P Pang, Wai-Cho Yu 2014, 'A comparison between the EQ-5D and the SF-6D in patients with chronic obstructivepulmonary disease (COPD).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4224433?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Jointly, these trigeminal representations may contribute to the surprisingly high discriminative skills of anosmic patients.
Matthias eLübbert, Jessica eKyereme, Markus eRothermel, Christian Horst Wetzel, Klaus-PetereHoffmann, Hanns eHatt 2013, 'In vivo monitoring of chemically evoked activity patterns in the rat trigeminal ganglion',Frontiers in Systems Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00064/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Grains and dairy products were only discriminative between the two groups on one measurement occasion.
Peter Clarys, Marcel Hebbelinck, Dirk Aerenhouts, Peter Deriemaeker 2011, 'Dietary Acid-Base Balance in Adolescent Sprint Athletes: A Follow-up Study', Nutrientshttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/3/2/200/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both evaluating instruments showed reliability and a good discriminative capacity.
Filippo Petruccelli, Pierluigi Diotaiuti, Valeria Verrastro, Irene Petruccelli, MariaLuisa Carenti, Domenico De Berardis, Felice Iasevoli, Alessandro Valchera, MicheleFornaro, Giovanni Martinotti, Massimo Di Giannantonio, Luigi Janiri 2014, 'Obsessive-Compulsive Aspects and Pathological Gambling in an Italian Sample', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/167438. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results suggest that different oculomotor parameters are discriminative for fatigue due to different sources.
Dario Cazzoli, Chrystalina A Antoniades, Christopher Kennard, Thomas Nyffeler, ClaudioL Bassetti, René M Müri 2014, 'Eye movements discriminate fatigue due to chronotypical factors and time spent ontask--a double dissociation.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3899367?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)