A new study shows that
if socioeconomic factors related to patients» income and education are taken into account, differences in readmission rates among hospitals may not be as great as Medicare data indicate.
Not exact matches
But none of these studies was able to determine
if the longevity was due to cultural
factors, such as a higher
socioeconomic class or better living conditions.
«The discordant twin design minimizes a number of potentially confounding
factors that may explain the association between childhood verbal ability and subsequent alcohol use by «controlling» for differences on variables [such as]
socioeconomic differences or family
factors that,
if excluded, could cloud the interpretation of findings.»
Of course, it may be argued that schools are counteracting
socioeconomic factors that would otherwise lead to ever - growing inequality (
if, for example, family background becomes increasingly important for scholastic success as children age and homework becomes more important).
There are few,
if any, researchers who would assert that teacher quality is a more important
factor in student achievement than
socioeconomic status.
If it is not practical, then the claim that GCMs reproduce the same correlations to
socioeconomic factors as the observational data should not have been made in the first place.
One hypothesis is that
if your
socioeconomic status is low - meaning that you have no or a low level of education, a low household income, no or a low status job, various psychological and physical stress
factors may be high.
A family's culture and the family's
socioeconomic status are also key
factors, plus whether the boy has siblings or not,
if other traumas exist and whether emotional support exists for the boys are contributing to boys» responses to divorce, as well.
What
if you want to know the specific locations in your community where a particular retail store will thrive based on
socioeconomic factors and product demand?