And it was "difficult to ascertain the rationale behind some of the decisions that were made" in the 6,000 cases where individuals had been granted leave to remain.
We note also, that ascertaining whether the rationale for sub-group analysis through a plausible theory may be particularly difficult in areas where theories are abundant.
In a training program people take tests that ascertain where their biases lie and the rationale is that once we are aware of our biases we can train ourselves to think differently and subsequently change our actions.
The methods used for this study to ascertain prevalence for the chronic conditions, including the rationale for allowing a one month break in FFS Medicare coverage for the study cohort, are more fully described and justified in the technical paper [ 19].
15 The specialist physician affiliated with the study approached patients during their index admission, and subject to consent ascertained their social situation, including carer support, the rationale for their prescribed medicines, the arrangements for collection of prescriptions, and for dispensing and administration of medications by questioning and from their medical records.
The rationale behind this research question was to ascertain the level of research interest in the area, as well as highlighting prominent sources of primary research.
It is clear that there is a need for more evidence nationally to accurately ascertain how much time DCPs are working, at what rates and rationale for delegation (upwards and downwards) as new models of care emerge.
The rationale for assessing different doses of AS03 was to ascertain if lowering the dose could reduce vaccine reactogenicity without compromising immunogenicity, and the rationale for the booster dose was to assess the quality of the immunological memory created by primary vaccination.
Our rationale for leaving some of the songs unmodified was to help us ascertain, through focus-group interviews (see below), whether patients could distinguish between RAS and non-RAS songs uploaded into their individual playlist.
The rationale was to collect only enough data from low-volume practitioners to ascertain whether their practices differed markedly from those of high-volume practitioners.
