Sentences with phrase «notable lack of studies»

A systematic review of published studies on the use of medical cannabis in children and adolescents finds a notable lack of studies and a minimal number of the randomized, controlled trials needed to confirm the effectiveness of a treatment.

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With a few notable exceptions, primarily in the context of constitutional reform in western Europe and in the post-Soviet world, genuinely comparative studies of the origins and consequences of constitutional transformation and judicial empowerment are still rare, and often lack coherent methodology.

Two notable limitations of the study are its reliance on participant self - report and the lack of a no - treatment control group.

Notable limitations of the study include the lack of a no - treatment control condition, the homogeneity of the sample (all Hispanic), as well as small sample size.

A notable lack is in the area of large - scale mixed - method qualitative and process studies of adolescent sexual behavior and consequences, particularly studies that include in - depth, valid measures of social and institutional context that can be linked to quantitative outcomes.

Limitations included the inability to study teen mothers» child care capacity, a notable number of dropouts particularly in the HFA group, most measures were a type of self - report, and the study lacked evaluators blind to the HFA group.

The least frequent outcome measure used was well - being, explored by only one study (Lowyck et al., 2009), revealing a notable lack of published research that has explored positive aspects of emotional adjustment, such as life satisfaction, happiness, well - being or marital quality.

A notable limitation in the majority of studies (n = 11) was the lack of description of possible confounding variables in either the methodological design or analysis of the studies.