Sentence examples for absence variables from inspiring English sources

Methodological studies have materially altered thinking about the nature of absence variables.

The current discussion focuses on the operational and methodological decisions researchers make that impact the measurement properties of absence variables.

Because of this research, the research community is now aware that absence variables frequently follow irregular data distributions [J. Appl. Psychol. 66 (1981) 574; J. Appl. Psychol. 74 (1989) 300].

The coefficients of the work absence variables are negative, except for non-work and compulsory service for men.

This is because of the way that we selected young highly skilled men and constructed the work absence variables.

Note that the coefficients are estimated very precisely, and the coefficients of the maternity leave variables are significantly different from the coefficients of the other work absence variables.

The sick absence variable and the control variables are computed as in Section 5. To take into account the local labor market conditions we include 103 province of work dummies (and exclude region of birth dummies).

We tested the proportional hazards assumption by including an interaction of each diagnosis-specific absence variable with the log of follow-up time; in all cases, this interaction was not statistically significant.

When we included birth weight as a predictor in the model (results available on request), we found no association with age at menarche, nor did the results change for the father-absence variables.

The absence of variables related to topography may make it easier for managers to affect positive change in resting habitat suitability since all variables can be influenced by management actions.

Unfortunately, the absence of variables in the dataset that offer a measure of risk constrains testing co-insurance motives more explicitly.