True Confessions of a Heartless Girl Vera. Del and Noreen strike a deal that Noreen will work for Lynda in order to repay him for the lost photographs and rug. It takes 30 minutes to convince Lynda to hire her even though she will be working for no pay. Lynda also asks for $80 a month to pay for the food she eats. Later on, Noreen gets a deep pain inside of her and has spotting on her underwear. Lynda gets her an emergency appointment in Willow Point. Noreen gets an ultrasound and his amazed at the tiny white flashing blip on the screen. She thinks
Standardized mean of a contrast variable Standardized mean of a contrast variable In statistics, the standardized mean of a contrast variable (SMCV or SMC), is a parameter assessing effect size. The SMCV is defined as mean divided by the standard deviation of a contrast variable. The SMCV was first proposed for one-way ANOVA cases and was then extended to multi-factor ANOVA cases Consistent interpretations for the strength of group comparison, as represented by a contrast, are important. When there are only two groups involved in a comparison, SMCV is the same as SSMD. SSMD belongs to a popular type of effect-size measure called "standardized mean differences"