In their study, there were a few significant discrepancies between the direct and the indirect estimates, although the direction of discrepancy was unpredictable.
However, research concerning the extent and direction of discrepancy is rare.
Discrepancies between child HRQoL reports and parent proxy reports have repeatedly been acknowledged in the literature as 'the proxy problem' [ 1, 2, 4, 5], but little is known about influencing factors [ 2, 6- 9] and the direction of discrepancy [ 10, 11].
Mothers with and without a history of depression exhibited a similar degree of absolute discrepancy from their children, indicating that the direction of discrepancy (over versus under) is the central distinction.
To obtain an indication of the direction of the discrepancies (i.e., whether the discrepancies increased or decreased as a result of parents or teachers reporting more problems (or less), each independent variable that proved significant in the model was recoded into 4 categories along the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles.
To determine the direction of the discrepancies, i.e., whether parents or teachers reported more or less child problems than the other, CBCL-TRF means were calculated across four levels of scores (cut points along the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles) of the two significant independent variables in the model.
Complex regulatory logic surrounding the gene may show a discrepancy but the direction of the discrepancy may not always be clear.
In addition, the means and standard deviations were computed for each X-, Y-, and Z-coordinate direction to evaluate which direction of the discrepancy contributed to the degree of overall discrepancies (Fig. 2).
How does the direction of the discrepancy between perceived and preferred coach feedback relate to motivational climate?
The direction of this discrepancy was not significantly related to work-related pain, such that it didn't matter which facet was valued more.
