retention rate

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retention
noun[U]
uk /rɪˈten.ʃən/ us /rɪˈten.ʃən/
the continued use, existence, or possession of something ...
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rate
noun[C]
uk /reɪt/ us /reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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Examples of retention rate

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The study has maintained an excellent retentionrate (85 %), even two decades after the study.
Such negotiated items were also subject to a high retentionrate over the two time samples.
The former is strongly suggested by the mean retentionrate differences between upper and lower chambers reported earlier.
The retentionrate of two phonemes was higher when the final consonants were liquids than when they were nasals or obstruents.
This study had an excellent retentionrate with only one active and one placebo dropout, both due to lack of efficacy.
Furthermore, when these learners inferred and then consulted, they had a higher retentionrate than if they inferred or consulted alone.
Although retention rates for any one follow-up survey averaged 77%, this more demanding restriction resulted in a retentionrate of just under 60%.
At the second occasion of measurement (6 months later) the retentionrate was 93%.
This represents a 71% retentionrate for the study.
This constituted an overall retentionrate of 92%.
Alternative explanations for the high retentionrate are explored.
Such absence of side-effects likely contributed to our near-perfect retentionrate across all treatment conditions, rarely seen in drug studies.
The retentionrate at the second occasion of measurement (6 months later) was 93%.
By age 15 nearly all of the boys assigned to the chronic trajectory had been held back whereas the retentionrate for the low group was far smaller, about 25%.
Of the 24 mothers in the drug-counseling groups (mandated by the clinics for all patients to remain in the methadone programs), 20 completed treatment, yielding an 83% retentionrate.
It would be interesting to compare the retentionrate of these members, who do not have weekly interactions with the farm and farmer, with those that do.
The retentionrate from the first to second measurement occasion was 95%, resulting in a sample of 227 families for the prospective analyses conducted in this study.
The retentionrate is calculated as the number of qualifications completed divided by the number started (excluding transfers).
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