Sentences with phrase «methodological difficulties of»

We do not know if the trend toward simpler procedures is actually in operation, owing to methodological difficulties of measuring cross-nationally the ease of constitutional amendment.

Not exact matches

For its «historicity» depends upon the demonstration that it does not present the Church's view and consequently could not have originated there since the new quest of the historical Jesus is primarily concerned with investigating the area in which Jesus and the Church's kerygma overlap, the limitation of current methods for identifying historical material is apparent, and the resultant methodological difficulty must be recognized.

But many of these findings are probably spurious, arising because the data are very poor and hard to get and the methodological difficulties are formidable.

A case study combines all the difficult technical and methodological problems of intense research with the difficulty of creating a comprehensive essay.

As the interpretation of infinity in economic climate models is essentially a debate about how to deal with the threat of extinction, Mr Weitzman's argument depends heavily on a judgement about the value of life... A lack of reliable data exacerbates the profound methodological and philosophical difficulties faced by climate change economists... The United Nations conference in Paris this December offers a chance to take appropriate steps to protect future generations from this risk... http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/07/climate-change (MOST COMMENTING ARE NOT AT ALL IMPRESSED)

However, that estimate was not considered reliable due to methodological difficulties, and management decisions continued to be based on a population size of 1,800.

The present study also has numerous methodological strengths, including the size and composition of the sample; the use of a prospective longitudinal design; the systematic assessment of maladaptive parenting, childhood maltreatment, parental and offspring psychiatric symptoms, negative life events, and severe interpersonal difficulties based on data from multiple informants; and the use of statistical procedures to control for offspring age, sex, and offspring and parental psychiatric symptoms.

There can be many reasons for these difficulties, some of which are the result of methodological flaws, for example genotyping errors.

Although prospective studies are clearly desirable in delineating the role of early environment in the development of later - life aggressive behavior, such investigations face daunting methodological difficulties.

discussion of underpinning evidence re measuring adult attachment type and / or methodological evaluation of studies that demonstrate a relationship and how this affects the conclusions to be drawn, eg difficulty of establishing cause and effect between early attachment history and adult relationships.

(See reference 9for a critical review of the methodological difficulties regarding most of these studies.)

Divergence and approximation of these estimations reflect the complex nature of paternal depression, its difference from maternal one, and methodological measurement difficulties.13