Sentences with phrase «of explanatory factors»

Whilst all variables were included in one model, for clarity the results are presented separately for the different sets of explanatory factors.

Initial modelling of job loss including both sets of parents in the same model revealed significant interactions between family type and a number of the explanatory factors.

Since the results of the explanatory factor analysis show that factor loadings were 0.40 or higher, and the accumulated proportion was 62.0 %, we determined that the validity of the NDE16 was verified.

Table 3 shows the results of an oblique rotation (oblimin) of the explanatory factor analysis of the three factors of the remaining 16 items.

Not exact matches

What Whitehead objected to there and again in later writings was not the introduction of God as an explanatory factor as such, but the failure to explain how God performs the requisite function.

One need not ignore economic and geopolitical factors to be more impressed by the explanatory narratives provided by scholars such as Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington who accent the cultural and religious sources of the current conflict.

Thus far, we have examined only a small number of the potential explanatory factors that might account for the occurrence of these schisms.

Creativity - characterization has a role, power, or explanatory capacity only insofar as it functions as factor to be discovered in an analysis of actual entities.

Scientific analysis of physical nature and of human history has no more need of God as an explanatory factor than the physiologist needs my conscious intent to explain my bodily movements.

It is also important to be careful to distinguish between those factors that are confounders, and those that might best be viewed as mediators or explanatory factors involved in accounting for observed associations between breastfeeding exposure and outcome, such as the quality of the subsequent mother - infant relationship.

Carter said, «After controlling for a range of possible explanatory factors, the relationship between firearm violence and subsequent legal gun permitting is quite present.»

They do not introduce controls from tax returns to see whether the explanatory power of teacher value - added for later earnings, college attendance, and other factors, falls.

The most recent version of the survey was shortened by including only those questions with the highest explanatory value and factor weighting.

A whole new breed of «quants» spent their days trying to identify new explanatory factors or design optimization algorithms.

Most of those factors are self - explanatory.

In this model the status of the dog (case or control) was used as a binary response variable and the four personality factors as explanatory variables.

«In light of previously suggested driving mechanisms, our analysis renders two of the prime suspects, i.e. landscape [9, 18, 20] and climate change [15, 18, 21, 37], as UNLIKELY explanatory factors for this major decline in aerial insect biomass in the investigated protected areas.»

The statistical analyses (Table FE3) indicated that: (1) there are statistically significant differences in carbon dioxide emission factors across both coal rank and State of origin; (2) coal rank and State of origin each explain approximately 80 percent of the variation in carbon dioxide emission factors; and (3) State of origin combined with coal rank is a slightly more powerful explanatory variable than either coal rank or State of origin alone.

Ease of Use: This factor is self - explanatory.

With regard to mechanisms, McLanahan and Sandefur found that income was an important explanatory factor for the poorer outcomes of children in single - parent families (but not for children in stepparent families).

Fragile families and child cognitive development Several FFCWS studies have specifically focused on the effects of family structure on children's cognitive development and also confirmed the importance of stability as an explanatory factor.

Further, existing research about mental health has rarely included a broad range of explanatory variables and no studies to date have included assessment of the mental health of carers, a factor that has been found in non-Aboriginal populations to be of critical importance.13

The law itself and the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum to the Bill provide no guidance on what factors may justify an order setting aside the rules of evidence.

Our findings suggest that despite cross-national variation in distributions of demographic and socio - economic characteristics, labor force participation of women of different ages, as well as formal childcare usage, are key explanatory factors for national variations in intensive grandparental childcare.

Although most cognitive studies focus on clinically low birthweight groups, confirmation of this association across the full birthweight range in the normal population is of particular interest, since this would imply that explanatory factors are similarly distributed in the general population.

Candidate explanatory factors explained just over half the gradients, with family background factors explaining 8 % to 13 %, health factors 4 % to 6 %, home learning environment 18 %, parenting style / beliefs 14 % to 15 %, and early education 6 % to 7 % of the gaps between the lowest versus highest quintiles in reading and math.

This study represents one of the more comprehensive investigations of candidate explanatory factors, yet our analyses explained just over half of the gaps between the highest and lowest, and lowest and middle, SES quintiles with regard to early reading and math scores, suggesting that many additional factors are involved.

Neither the 1998 amending legislation nor the accompanying secondary materials such as the Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech provide guidance on what factors may justify an order setting aside the rules of evidence.

Candidate explanatory factors explained just over half of the Q1 — Q5 and Q1 — Q3 SES gaps in children's math ability (57 % and 60 %, respectively).

For decades, many investigators have regarded the explanatory power of one of these two «main effects» perspectives as dominant over the other.11 An aim for this project is to move beyond «main effects» perspectives by utilizing a child by environment model in which risk / protective factors are seen as originating within the child and the relational environment.

Candidate explanatory factors were chosen on the basis of empirical studies suggesting their potential contribution to the gradient and data availability.2 The ECLS - B data set contains rich longitudinal data on various family, health, and home environment variables, along with direct measures of cognitive abilities at school entry.

A decomposition methodology examined the contribution from different sources in explaining the SES gradient in early cognitive outcomes.34 Similar to the methodology used in the UK Millennium Cohort Study, we focus on the quintile 1 — quintile 5 (Q1 — Q5) and quintile 1 — quintile 3 (Q1 — Q3) gaps and calculate the percentile points and the percentage of the raw gaps explained by each candidate explanatory factor and each domain of factors.2 This was done by taking the product of the mean gap in each explanatory factor (mean difference between Q1 — Q5 and Q1 — Q3) by the β coefficients from linear regression models that predict reading and math ability from SES and all candidate explanatory factors.

However, they reflect a broad spread of factors of policy concern and are all likely to be of interest as explanatory variables for later outcomes once the children reach adulthood.

Higher rates of ADHD have been reported using DSM - IV than DSM - III - R26; however, this feature does not seem explanatory because ADHD at the 25 - year follow - up was only 7.4 % in probands if criteria include any significant inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity symptom.9, 12 A possible factor may be greater awareness of ADHD due to wide media coverage, which has even promoted ADHD as reflecting special, positive attributes.27 Alas, advantages associated with ADHD have yet to be documented.

An Explanatory Model of Dating Violence Risk Factors in Spanish Adolescents.

The factor structure of the WOC was analyzed both with explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses.

One criticism was that the apparent influence of early and extensive day care on insecurity was the result of other explanatory factors (e.g., family income) not adequately accounted for in existing research.8 Another was that (unmeasured) poor quality care and not timing and quantity of care was the influential factor.9 And a third was that independent behavior displayed by day care children not particularly stressed by the SSP ̶ due to their familiarity with separation ̶ was misconstrued as avoidant behavior, leading to erroneous assessments of children as insecure - avoidant.10

Clark and her colleagues have made a particularly useful contribution16 by underscoring the fact that the quality of mother — child interactions is the explanatory factor that intervenes between maternal employment and child development outcomes.

Parental separation may also expose children to loss of social, economic and human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation from living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23

However, the possibility of significant under - reporting must be considered as an explanatory factor, particularly in the light of the findings of the Little Children are Scared Report.

Subsequent research has emphasized the importance of identifying explanatory mechanisms and protective factors, such as social support, resilience, coping and attachment style [15]--[18].