Subjective satisfaction was assessed by direct question using a categorical scale prepared for this study: excellent, free of symptoms, no limitation in activities; good, greatly improved, occasional pain, normal activities; fair, same as pre-operative condition, no improvement; and poor, has received or considered further operative treatment.
Information on sleep aid use was asked first by direct questions on methods used to initiate sleep, and then by more detailed questions about over-the-counter, prescription, and non-prescription pharmacological sleep aid use.
We consider this question using direct numerical simulations (DNS).
Data collection tools included pre-designed tally sheets, a document review form, and a resource and service organization checklist completed using observations supplemented by directed questions to key informants where necessary.
His visits to the branch libraries are anthropological excursions of sorts, with Marx hoping to learn, by direct questioning and detached observation, the answers to two questions: who is using the library and what do they want?
Therefore the perceived behaviour control question was only measured by one direct question.
Direct questions about use of alcohol and medications to facilitate sleep, and questions requesting details of sleep aids were included.
Now, almost all politicians have to play the weasel sometimes, whether by occasionally using weasel words in answer to a direct question, or by weaseling out on a promise previously made.
The fourth section addressed the subjective norm, measured by two direct questions and five questions on normative beliefs weighted by five questions assessing the motivations to comply.
After years of saying "no" whenever asked about doping, Lance Armstrong began his confessional interview with Oprah Winfrey by repeating the word "yes" in response to a series of direct questions addressing his use of performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career.
The RAD-I is completed by interviewing the patient using simple direct questions (e.g., 'Why did you stop taking the antipsychotic?').
