Although data entry into the NLCA database is non-mandatory, the data set has been validated in previous studies and found to be representative of individuals with lung cancer in England (Rich et al, 2011b).
Second, the participants were not randomly selected and the study excluded patients with serious or unstable medical conditions; as a result, the study sample may not be representative of individuals with schizophrenia in China.
While their study employed a much larger sample than that of Woodbury-Smith and colleagues and was one of the first to examine violence-risk factors among individuals with ASD, subjects were selected based on being hospitalized and therefore may not be representative of individuals with ASD living in the community.
We studied a relatively small number of persons with stable type 2 diabetes in a specific age range, without clinical cardiovascular disease, who were not on lipid-lowering statin drugs; our findings may not be representative of individuals with type 2 diabetes in general, many of whom take statin-type drugs.
User participation is commonly described on two levels: on a system level when users are representatives in boards and groups, and on an individual level when patients are being involved in discussions and decisions regarding their own treatment.
However, since the RCCS is an open-cohort study, there is a possibility that the number of married individuals enrolled at each visit might be representative of all married individuals in the study communities at the time.
Dengue cases in this study may not be representative of dengue-infected individuals in the general population, because there may be mild or asymptomatic dengue patients with DM.
The sample can therefore be assumed to be representative for households and individuals in Western China.
Study members were traced through the General Register Office (GRO) (Scotland) and 97% have been successfully traced.[12], [13] This cohort is representative of individuals born in Aberdeen between 1950 1956 and who remained resident and attended primary school in that city up to 1962.
For all these reasons, the presence of a significant IxE interaction involving breeder density as random individual responses may not be representative of variability in phenotypic plasticity at the individual level.
