Descriptive statistics were completed
for all study variables including the sample demographics to characterize the sample and investigate how adolescents compared their parents» monitoring to the «good parent» standard.
Descriptive statistics
for all study variables can be found in Table 2.
Preliminary analyses examined descriptive statistics (eg, means, median, proportions)
for all study variables of interest.
Not exact matches
To date, results from several longitudinal
studies indicate that e-cigarette use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future use of conventional cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of
studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not used e - cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting
for known risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral
variables such as cigarette susceptibility.
As
for tax status, the
study found that mortality rates
for variable annuities are nearly 15 percent lower
for tax - qualified contracts than
for non-qualified contracts.
Account balances of all types of annuities combined — fixed and
variable, deferred and immediate — tend to run lower than not only the $ 231,000 average SPIA premium that advisors searched
for in the CANNEX
study.
Co., 1978); Thomas C. Campbell and Yoshio Fukuyama, The Fragmented Layman: An Empirical
Study of Lay Attitudes (Philadelphia: Pilgrim Press, 1970); James D. Davidson, «Religious Belief as an Independent Variable,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 11 (1972): 65 - 75; James D. Davidson, «Religious Belief as a Dependent Variable,» Sociological Analysis 33 (1972): 81 - 94; James D. Davidson, «Patterns of Belief at the Denominational and Congregational Levels,» Review of Religious Research 13 (1972): 197 - 205; David R. Gibbs, Samuel A. Miller, and James R. Wood, «Doctrinal Orthodoxy, Salience and the Consequential Dimension,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (1973): 33 - 52; William McKinney, and others, Census Data for Community Mission (New York: Board for Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, 1983), part of a denomination - wide study of census data relevant to each congregation in the United Church of Christ; David O. Moberg, `' Theological Position and Institutional Characteristics of Protestant Congregations: An Explanatory Study,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1
Study of Lay Attitudes (Philadelphia: Pilgrim Press, 1970); James D. Davidson, «Religious Belief as an Independent
Variable,» Journal
for the Scientific
Study of Religion 11 (1972): 65 - 75; James D. Davidson, «Religious Belief as a Dependent Variable,» Sociological Analysis 33 (1972): 81 - 94; James D. Davidson, «Patterns of Belief at the Denominational and Congregational Levels,» Review of Religious Research 13 (1972): 197 - 205; David R. Gibbs, Samuel A. Miller, and James R. Wood, «Doctrinal Orthodoxy, Salience and the Consequential Dimension,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (1973): 33 - 52; William McKinney, and others, Census Data for Community Mission (New York: Board for Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, 1983), part of a denomination - wide study of census data relevant to each congregation in the United Church of Christ; David O. Moberg, `' Theological Position and Institutional Characteristics of Protestant Congregations: An Explanatory Study,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1
Study of Religion 11 (1972): 65 - 75; James D. Davidson, «Religious Belief as a Dependent
Variable,» Sociological Analysis 33 (1972): 81 - 94; James D. Davidson, «Patterns of Belief at the Denominational and Congregational Levels,» Review of Religious Research 13 (1972): 197 - 205; David R. Gibbs, Samuel A. Miller, and James R. Wood, «Doctrinal Orthodoxy, Salience and the Consequential Dimension,» Journal
for the Scientific
Study of Religion 12 (1973): 33 - 52; William McKinney, and others, Census Data for Community Mission (New York: Board for Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, 1983), part of a denomination - wide study of census data relevant to each congregation in the United Church of Christ; David O. Moberg, `' Theological Position and Institutional Characteristics of Protestant Congregations: An Explanatory Study,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1
Study of Religion 12 (1973): 33 - 52; William McKinney, and others, Census Data
for Community Mission (New York: Board
for Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, 1983), part of a denomination - wide
study of census data relevant to each congregation in the United Church of Christ; David O. Moberg, `' Theological Position and Institutional Characteristics of Protestant Congregations: An Explanatory Study,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1
study of census data relevant to each congregation in the United Church of Christ; David O. Moberg, `' Theological Position and Institutional Characteristics of Protestant Congregations: An Explanatory
Study,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1
Study,» Journal
for the Scientific
Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1
Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center
for the Scientific
Study of Religion, 1
Study of Religion, 1974).
Andrew M. Greeley, «Religious Imagery as a Predictor
Variable in the General Social Survey,» paper presented at a plenary session of the Society
for the Scientific
Study of Religion, Chicago, 1984.
The standard
for judging moral development was developed from the experiences and reflections of the male investigators — a perfectly good procedure, save that the masculine experience was not seen as a
variable in the
study, but a norm.
It is impossible to do a completely controlled
study where you are adjusting
for variables such as these because it would require round the clock constant monitoring of people over a long period of time.
Future
studies with larger numbers of breastfeeding mothers could allow
for paired comparisons before and after an intervention, as well as analysis of the impact of independent
variables like gender, year of training, age, or previous breastfeeding experience.
What I meant was the RTC isn't possible to truly compare outcomes (b / c women will choose where they want to give birth and so
variables related to those types of women would not be controlled
for), so different
studies are going to point to different outcomes, and every
study can be criticized.
Studies of interventions
for unsettled infant behaviour are compromised by omitted
variable bias, due to unidentified clinical breastfeeding problems
Though we found some rigorous
studies that after controlling
for certain
variables showed positive results of the AP program, especially in the sciences, we believe more research needs to be done before we can verify the broad claim that taking AP classes makes students more likely to succeed in college.
One
study finds an association with disease x, but not y or z, another finds one with y but not x. None of these
studies are able to fully control
for the critically important confounding
variable of maternal health, and none of the decent quality ones have demonstrated a large difference in risk.
We compared socio - demographic and pregnancy - related characteristics among the three
study groups using chi - square tests
for categorical
variables, analysis of variance (ANOVA)
for normally distributed continuous
variables and the nonparametric Kruskal - Wallis test
for continuous
variables that were not normally distributed.
In a large population - based
study in the UK, women identified as having «marked concern» about body shape and weight on a questionnaire were significantly less likely to intend to breastfeed their infant up to four months after adjusting
for a range of
variables [34].
This
study was designed to examine the effect of human milk feedings on the incidence of infection and sepsis / meningitis among hospitalized, VLBW infants controlling
for potential confounding
variables.
Several
studies have also attempted to understand the role of breastfeeding on IQ, and although some authors conclude that the observed advantage of breastfeeding on IQ is related only to genetic and socioenvironmental factors, a recent meta - analysis showed that after adjustment
for appropriate key co-factors, breastfeeding was associated with significantly higher scores
for cognitive development than formula feeding.6 Longer duration of breastfeeding has also been positively associated with intelligence in adulthood.22 We also observed the benefits of long - term breastfeeding on mental indices, along with the indirect benefit of balancing the impact of exposure to p, p ′ DDE after adjustment
for some socioeconomic
variables.
women allocated to midwife - led continuity models of care were more likely to be attended at birth by a known midwife (RR 7.04, 95 % CI 4.48 to 11.08; participants = 6917;
studies = seven); however, the effect estimates
for individual
studies are highly
variable, as reflected in substantial statistical heterogeneity (Tau ² = 0.31; I ² = 94 %; Analysis 1.15).
Previous research from the UK and Canada has identified a lower risk of PPH among planned home births than among planned hospital births [4, 11], but the UK
study did not attempt to control
for confounding
variables.
In order
for a
study to look at the differences between the two we need a longitudinal
study which specifically compares those who are exclusively breastfed to sleep and through the night with those who are sleep trained and night weaned, leaving out
variables which can also affect the results AND have it be peer reviewed.
Subsequent prospective
studies yielded similar results, whether they controlled
for parental age, child age, race and family structure; 12 poverty, child age, emotional support, cognitive stimulation, sex, race and the interactions among these
variables; 13 or other factors.14 — 17 These
studies provide the strongest evidence available that physical punishment is a risk factor
for child aggression and antisocial behaviour.
However, in malnourished populations motor development may be a useful predictor of subsequent human function.5 A
study conducted in Denmark6 found a positive relationship between breastfeeding duration and an earlier ability to crawl and perform the «pincer grip» after adjusting
for potential confounding
variables.
To correct
for limitations, Bauchner et al suggested four standards
for breast feeding
studies.22 These include avoidance of detection bias, clear definition of the outcome event, clear definition of breast feeding, and adjustment
for potential confounding
variables.
A couple things about this
study are worth mentioning: a) they removed cases in which symptoms of cancer occurred in the first nine months or the child died in the first year, which may be where the effects of breastfeeding are strongest (though I certainly don't know this
for a fact, but it is reasonable); and b) they did not examine exclusive breastfeeding, but rather any breastfeeding (this is important as the effects of breastfeeding are known to be strongest when breastfeeding is exclusive and it is also difficult to ascertain how little or how much women were breastfeeding when any breastfeeding is the
variable of interest).
Thus,
for 285 (64 %) of the
study participants, this
variable was available.
However, as with other observational
studies, these results may have been affected by confounding
variables that were unknown and thus not accounted
for, and the observation of an association gives no proof of causality.
But here's the interesting
variable that provides evidence
for possible biological underpinnings: 53 of the
studied competitors were blind.
In total, after adjusting
for variables, 73 proteins were found to differ among the four groups
studied.
The goal
for Andreassen's
study was to conduct a survey that specifically assessed the use of social network sites
for personal purposes during working hours, and whether such use is related to self - reported work performance — controlling
for basic demographic, personality, and work - related
variables.
«
For anesthesia
studies, the
variables most likely to result in identification of individuals are the combination of hospital and surgical procedures,» Dr. O'Neill and coauthors write.
In an accompanying editorial, Jayant Talwalkar, M.D., associate medical director of the Value Analysis Program in the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center
for the Science of Health Care Delivery, says that the
study further illustrates that existing guidelines are highly
variable with respect to evidence quality and transparency.
William and Stillwell chose to
study green roofs over other forms of green infrastructure
for a very simple reason: There was one on campus fitted with the instrumentation needed to measure soil moisture, rainfall amount, temperature, humidity and many other
variables that are plugged into their fragility curve model.
Descriptive statistics should be presented
for variables that are integral to subsequent analyses and interpretation of the
study findings.
Vuckovic, who is one of the world's leading researchers in the field, said quantum computing is ideal
for studying biological systems, doing cryptography or data mining — in fact, solving any problem with many
variables.
Most animal
studies of the disease are conducted with laboratory mice that have been genetically engineered and bred to model ALS, but
for this research, investigators used rats with ALS because they more accurately portray the disease's
variable course in humans.
For the
study, Levy and a team of 10 investigators looked at such
variables as harm from e-cigarettes, and amount of youth uptake, and the rate of cessation among others.
In contrast to scientists who seek to isolate and
study one
variable in the environment, traditional knowledge — holders look
for relationships within the whole environment, which helps science explore new territory.
While the
study couldn't control
for every
variable that might have affected the shape of the skulls, the trend the researchers found was toward thinner craniums and less prominent brow ridges starting around 80,000 years ago and possibly earlier.
Kassell estimates that this is a million - word task, but the end result will allow researchers to follow individual patients
for decades or to
study conditions, historical dates, and other
variables to learn about trends.
The
study, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, compared several social and demographic
variables to the way people describe the rules
for displaying emotion in dozens of countries.
From a scientific point of view, food poisoning made
for an unexpected — but not entirely unwelcome —
variable in the
study.
However, these
studies failed to account
for the comprehensive set of geological
variables that change over time, influencing the volcanic history.
Other
variables included the history of fractures in participants, and the use of supplements such as current or past use of calcium and / or vitamin D. Blood test results
for vitamin D levels from 1,204 out of the 1,279 participants were also factored into the
study.
For the
study, the researchers measured
variables of grief including hopelessness, sadness and loneliness as well as depression and PTSD.
The chemistry of protactinium, which is very difficult to
study due to it scarcity and complex chemistry, is important
for understanding and controlling its behavior
for application in nuclear reactors, as well as
for comprehending the overall
variable and complex chemistry of the actinide series and transition elements used in everyday technologies.
Years of diabetes research carried out on mice whose DNA had been altered with a human growth hormone gene is now ripe
for reinterpretation after a new
study by researchers at KU Leuven confirms that the gene had an unintended effect on the mice's insulin production, a key
variable in diabetes research.
The
study establishes a method
for estimating UHI intensities using PRISM — Parameter - elevation Relationships on Independent Slopes Model — climate data, an analytical model that creates gridded estimates by incorporating climatic
variables (temperature and precipitation), expert knowledge of climatic events (rain shadows, temperature inversions and coastal regimes) and digital elevation.
Practices and expectations regarding such questions are so
variable, they continue, that one
study found «country of origin [to be] a strong predictor of students» tolerance
for cheating.»