Sentences with phrase «preliminary analyses»

Preliminary analyses indicated that none of the reported associations were moderated by either age or gender, and thus, analyses are presented for the entire sample as a whole.

That said, preliminary analyses performed in this study did indicate that SES was unrelated to all outcome measures except the Parenting Stress Index, suggesting that SES is unlikely to be a strong factor.

Preliminary analyses were conducted to test for relations between demographic variables and study variables (HbA1c, adherence, and family functioning) for purposes of control in subsequent hierarchical multiple regression.

First, preliminary analyses were conducted to examine differences between mother and father groups on demographic and baseline characteristics.

Preliminary analyses indicated no significant associations between demographic variables and the treatment outcome variables (i.e., parenting measures, child EBP).

Preliminary analyses using statistical analysis system (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) were carried out to detect any missing values or outliers with large influences on the regression lines.

In the preliminary analyses, we first checked the distributions of the measures for normality and examined their intercorrelations.

Preliminary analyses examined the distribution, skew, and kurtosis of all variables.

Although no data are currently available on the effects of this intervention for child attachment, it is nonetheless the case that preliminary analyses show an improvement in the quality of parent - child interactions in terms of parental sensitivity, shared enjoyment and the children's increased ability to govern their emotions.

Given the much larger number of women than men in this sample, preliminary analyses examined whether this variable should be controlled in subsequent statistical procedures.

Preliminary analyses revealed that two items from the Comparative Self - Criticism Scale produced a noteworthy lowering of internal reliability; so, final computation of this measure followed their elimination.

Before testing our three main hypotheses, we conducted preliminary analyses to explore the age differences with regard to the measured affect - relevant traits.

We did some preliminary analyses substituting the individual means for the thresholds, and estimating the models using the lme package in R (Bates, Maechler, & Bolker, 2011; R Development Core Team, 2012), but the method performed so poorly1 that we did not consider it a viable approach.

The three groups were pooled in the analyses presented here, after preliminary analyses indicated no significant differences in results by recruitment method.

Preliminary analyses showed that several items on the ERPSST questionnaire produced bivariate tables with empty cells, indicating that either the item had an extremely low base rate (less than 5 % of the sample endorsed one of the two possible responses) or that the item was redundant with other items.

Preliminary analyses suggested that scores which were more than one standard deviation from the mean should be used.

The preliminary analyses of students» responses to surveys that assessed attributions of hostile goals from hypothetical vignettes of ambiguous provocations found the behavioral intentions had nearly identical patterns of responses to the ambiguous and non-ambiguous provocations.

Preliminary analyses were conducted to ensure there was no violation of the assumption of normality and linearity.

Child age was included as a covariate given that it was associated with cortisol levels in preliminary analyses.

Preliminary analyses were performed to explore normality, linearity and homoscedasticity and the negative kurtosis typically found in measures of life satisfaction and relationship satisfaction were observed.

Preliminary analyses showed that poorer self - reported vision was consistently related to more functional limitations, feelings of social isolation, and depressive symptomatology and that poorer visual acuity was related to more functional limitations.

Preliminary analyses of the ratio data collected for the study show that when ALL classrooms in child care settings are better than the minimum standard, children are safer.

[10] A Fordham, R Schwab, Summarising: Fordham, Preliminary analyses of access to education and discrete Indigenous communities in Australia, Reference No. 48, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (2006).

Preliminary analyses of functional impairment for African Americans compared with Caribbean blacks revealed only 1 significant difference, with African Americans reporting higher levels of impairment in mobility.

Preliminary analyses examined descriptive statistics (eg, means, median, proportions) for all study variables of interest.

Globally applicable Based on extensive scientific preliminary analyses, the criteria were adapted in such a way that they can now be applied without any restrictions in all climates globally for all energy standards and building types (i.e. for Passive House, EnerPHit and Low Energy Building Standards, including residential and non-residential buildings).

«Based on extensive scientific preliminary analyses, the criteria have now been determined so that they can be applied without any restrictions in all climates worldwide,» says Zeno Bastian, who is in charge of the building certification at the international Passive House Institute.

Our preliminary analyses show that the North Pakistan rainfall was not unusual: perhaps a 1 in 10 year event (but please wait for a more substantial analysis).

The report is based on statements from contributors to the 2008 Sea Ice Outlook, and discusses preliminary analyses of the causes of the 2008 minimum, the accuracy of the Outlook values, and implications for future Outlook efforts.

Preliminary analyses show that the 200 largest publicly traded companies (by reserve size) have at least 1,541 GtCO2 worth of potential emissions stored in their reserves, or 156 percent of the world's carbon budget.

Preliminary analyses from a rigorous longitudinal study.

Preliminary analyses from the elementary school mathematics classrooms show improved California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress outcomes and a significant closing of the achievement gap between students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch (FRL) and those students not eligible for FRL.

The preliminary analyses showed a statistically significant treatment effect was detected in those classrooms.

My CEPR colleagues and I have used data from the 2014 - 15 field test to perform preliminary analyses of the reliability of students» survey responses and their validity, when aggregated to the school level, as an indicator of school performance.

But preliminary analyses showed a slight negative relationship between state efforts to improve teacher quality and student - achievement gains.

We also conducted preliminary analyses to determine whether age was associated with participant sex, residence (rural vs. urban), or relationship status (i.e., those demographic variables with large enough cell sizes across categories to permit tests of differences in age between groups).

Preliminary analyses of the results of the first combination trials, which show higher response rates than with either agent alone, offer some optimism that these locoregional therapies will find application — as treatment for patients who can not tolerate systemic immunotherapies, to alleviate locoregional morbidity, and perhaps even to «prime» the immune system.

Preliminary analyses of the data reveal the four known planets clearly at high SNR and provide unprecedented sensitivity limits in the inner planetary system (down to the diffraction limit of 0.09 arcseconds).

Preliminary analyses indicate that differences in gut microbial community composition are related to the environment each group inhabits.

Massive releases of methane from arctic seafloors could create oxygen - poor dead zones, acidify the seas and disrupt ecosystems in broad parts of the northern oceans, new preliminary analyses suggest.

The researchers are now conducting preliminary analyses of neighborhood - level data.

Preliminary analyses show that most of the pollution was sulphate aerosols — along with dust and carbonaceous particles such as black carbon.

Preliminary analyses show that perpetrators tended to cluster in families; if one of several brothers killed Tutsis, the others were far more likely to follow suit.

Tobias and Richards have just begun crunching their data but their preliminary analyses show that almost everyone in their sample is employed, half to two - thirds at private companies, and smaller numbers at non-profit organizations, in education, or in government.

The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit founded in 2011 to defend climate scientists from what it calls «burdensome and invasive disclosure of scientists» communications and preliminary analyses and drafts,» authored the brief filed with the Arizona Court of Appeals.

«Thus, in a preliminary analysis, the chief justice... suspended what he saw as an act apparently little reasonable and proportionate, which, in addition to generating legal uncertainty, would leave millions of Brazilians without this communication tool,» a statement from the supreme court read.

This call will compress the sales cycle; it should be made as soon as the selling team has the preliminary analysis done and before any secondary or additional presentation is undertaken.

If the business still looks promising after your preliminary analysis, your next step is to have your acquisition team (your accountant, attorney and banker) should start examining the business's potential returns and its asking price.

The preliminary analysis starts with some basic questions.

The Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission said on Thursday it is taking that step after a preliminary analysis found the big carriers «are charging, or planning to charge» smaller domestic rivals «significantly higher wholesale roaming rates» than U.S. peers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc..