In total, 184 patients were randomly assigned (intention-to-treat population).
Patients will be analysed in the groups to which they are assigned (intention-to-treat).
Accrual targets are as follows: 10 patients in year 1, and 15 20 patients in years 2, 3, and 4. Patients will be analyzed in the groups to which they are assigned (intention-to-treat).
Of 119 reports stating that all participants were included in the analysis in the groups to which they were originally assigned (intention-to-treat analysis), 15 (13%) excluded patients or did not analyse all patients as allocated.
Accrual targets are as follows: 20 patients in year 1, and 25-30 patinnts in years 2, 3, and 4. Patients will be analyzed in the groups to which they are assigned (intention-to-treat). Survival will be calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method with differences compared using the stratified log-rank test.
Would humans assign intention, volition and rational choices to such humanoid robots and would attributions vary with the perceived grade of human-likeness of the machine?
One reason for this is that we are talking about states and not individual human beings and assigning intentions to intangible entities like states is liable to be especially problematic.
We have a hard time assigning sinister intentions to those who appear so comical.
Those on theright may feel compelled to assign nefarious intentions and actions on the part of the White House, the State Department and the president, but the rest of the country, and the world, wants truth -- truth supported by irrefutable evidence, not spin.
Analysis was performed according to the group to which participants were assigned, on an intention-to-treat basis.
The 'no clear intention' group was excluded from the qualitative analysis due to the difficulties inherent in assigning reasons behind intention where no clear intention was specified.
