Coding "not applicable" as "no" would have had the following potential consequence: e.g. if a participant is willing to disclose the whole data-set except one item which is not applicable to his context, he would have been falsely categorized as completely reluctant (i.e. "0" in regression analysis).
The traumas would be categorized as moderate.
All adverse events were categorized as mild.
If the data indicate that an intervention is potentially appropriate for the patient, the reminder is categorized as 'applicable'; if the data indicate the intervention has been provided, the clinical reminder 'satisfied' and if not provided, 'due' [ 17].
Age (by year, and categorized as adolescent vs. adult), sex (when applicable) and SES (quintiles) will be determined from the RPBD.
Items within each sub domain were then categorized as follows: yes (criteria met), no (criteria not met), cannot tell, or not applicable.
Benefits were categorized as foundational (evolutionary biology is essential to learning and understanding medicine, 8 comments) and applicable (evolutionary biology improves a physician's ability to treat patients, 4 comments).
Both shootings are categorized as "friendly fire".
Some might be categorized as kitsch.
Extremely Photoshopped images were categorized as "oh, honey".
In some hospitals, mistakes are categorized as "E.T".
