Sentences with phrase «changes in outcome variables»

Additionally, family climate was not associated with differential changes in outcome variables over time.

In addition, 53 % of the usual care - group subjects received «usual care» but without any measurable change in the outcome variables measured.

Not exact matches

Correlational evidence shows that sizable changes in teacher - related variables are associated with much smaller changes in student learning outcomes (Hill, Rowan, and Ball, 2005; Hanushek and Rivkin, 2012).

In order to remove the confounding influence of unobserved factors that have an impact on both school spending and student outcomes, we calculate how much spending in a given school district would have been predicted to change due solely to the passage of an SFR, and use that prediction, rather than the spending change the district actually experienced, as our key variablIn order to remove the confounding influence of unobserved factors that have an impact on both school spending and student outcomes, we calculate how much spending in a given school district would have been predicted to change due solely to the passage of an SFR, and use that prediction, rather than the spending change the district actually experienced, as our key variablin a given school district would have been predicted to change due solely to the passage of an SFR, and use that prediction, rather than the spending change the district actually experienced, as our key variable.

If any of those variables change in the future, the outcome will change.

What changes (thresholds) in these key variables would have to occur to result in a negative (or positive) outcome for this resource?

Since we found baseline differences in race / ethnicity and clinic site by treatment group, we also conducted multivariate analyses to control for these variables on outcomes including EC use, unprotected intercourse, contraceptive method change, frequency of condom use, and condom use at last intercourse.

For the treatment period, the primary analysis for continuous measures was an analysis of variance using the slope of change in the primary variables as the outcome measures and center, treatment, negative affect subtype, and all interactions as the independent measures.

If scientists can manipulate a variable while keeping everything else constant, then they are in control of the experiment, and they can be more certain that variable caused the change in the outcome they're interested in.

Only conduct problems at time 1 and the interaction between change in Emotional Distance and CU traits were found to significantly predict the outcome variable of time 2 conduct problems (p <.05).

This outcome study was designed as a quantitative study that took place over 3 - time intervals and measured change in intimacy based on 3 variables (satisfaction, conflict resolution, and communication) as perceived by individuals from an RLT Couple Experiential Treatment group and a Control group.

Parenting is a proximal variable in the causal pathway to adverse outcomes in childhood and adolescence, of which material disadvantage and economic hardship are distal variables.32 Behavioural problems and temper tantrums among young children have been shown to increase as a result of parenting changes associated with economic hardship.33 Economic deprivation has also been associated with decreased respect for the father and increased dependence on peer group for adolescent boys, and lowered feelings of self adequacy and reduced goal aspirations for adolescent girls.15 Economic hardship appears to have direct and indirect effects on adolescent functioning.

Multiple regression analyses were used to further explore possible mediator or suppressor effects of the working alliance on outcome variables (residual change in IES - R composite score and residual change in BSI anxiety and BSI depression).

Assessing change between cohorts in the context of associations of breastfeeding outcomes with socio - demographic variables

Δ12 is a latent variable referencing change in target variable from pretest to posttest; Δ23 is a latent variable referencing change in outcome from posttest to follow - up.

As it has been argued that using change scores might be less reliable than individual scores, we covaried the HR scores in the ostracism phase and used the HR in the contemplation phase as the outcome variable.