We expected that, in a hybrid Structural Equation Model,
the selected study variables (personality, attachment style and interpersonal attraction) will predict romantic inclination mediated by social influence (media and peer influence).
Not exact matches
We
study a prototypical model of a Parliament with two Parties or two Political Coalitions and we show how the introduction of a
variable percentage of randomly
selected independent legislators can increase the global efficiency of a Legislature, in terms of both number of laws passed and average social welfare obtained.
Finally, to evaluate any modification of pacifier effects attributable to potential confounding factors of specific interest (eg, bottle introduction,
study group assignment), both the pacifier
variable and the
variable in question were added to the
selected «best» models.
For their
study, Beck and Sieber
selected 19 climate and soil
variables that could influence how humans use the land, including soil type and precipitation in the coldest and warmest seasons.
A recent review of
studies conducted mainly in adults highlights several methodological
variables including concatenation of specific task blocks, the use of low - pass filtering, regression of main effects of task, and methods for
selecting regions - of - interest that result in considerable heterogeneity between
studies with respect to how functional connectivity is conceptualized and analyzed.
Description: This nationwide cross-sectional, descriptive
study examines the educational history, demographic features, and academic achievement of home - educated students and the basic demographics of their families, and to assess the relationships between the students» academic achievement and
selected student and family
variables.
The aim of this
study was to describe EFL learners» critical thinking levels and to examine the relationship between participants» critical thinking levels and
selected variables such as gender, academic achievement in EFL, subject area, and self - reported reading.
Statistical analyses were performed with all echocardiographic
variables, however for this
study we
selected only those that offered greater statistical reliability, and presented reduced error rates for classification of the animals after being previously tested statistically.
Certainly the issue of how to construct a sample for such a
study independently of the
study hypothesis (in other words to avoid
selecting on the dependent
variable» here) is difficult, maybe insoluble.
The Wallace et al. 2016
study represents a new and interesting approach to climate science research which should yield very interesting and much more valid results since the weight given to each likely
variable is determined by available evidence rather than the guesses of carefully
selected «experts» and incorporated into their largely arbitrary computer models.
Don't
select on the dependent
variable in
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Selecting on the dependent
variable» refers to the practice of restricting one's set of observations to cases in which some phenomenon of interest has been observed and excluding from the set cases in which the phenomenon was not observed.
This section first describes our research design, including our reasons for
studying summary judgment briefs, our protocol for
selecting briefs to include in our sample, and our definition and coding of
variables.
[12] The Gottman Relationship Institute claims that six of seven of Gottman's
studies have been properly predictive, by a non-standard definition of prediction in which all that is required is that predictive
variables, but not their specific relationship to the outcome, were
selected in advance.
This 9 month prospective
study, conducted at the US Army Sergeants Major Academy (USASGMA), examined the association of
selected psychological
variables (e.g., measures of tension / anxiety, sleep disturbance, Type A behavior pattern) with injury occurrence and physical performance in 126 soldiers.