where WatchedLength(m, k) is the duration of program i m in seconds watched by user u k, OnAirLength(m) is the full duration of program i m, and freq(m) denotes the number of times its has been broadcast.
We used a single-item indicator of "dosage" (i.e., time, in minutes, per lesson) to assess the duration of program delivery in relation to the amount prescribed by the program (i.e., a minimum of 30 min per discussion/lesson).
Survival models are suitable to simultaneously capture the conditional likelihood of the completion of a degree and the duration of program, rather than frequently employed conventional logit models which consider only the likelihood of a binary outcome, e.g. completion of a degree versus not-completion or persistence versus drop-out.
In addition, the duration of program implementation varied with many programs still in the early phases of program maturity at the time of their evaluation.
A low mean age of participants, high proportions of females participating, short duration of program, and a small group size are likely to increase levels of sustained participation.
In studies among adults initiating ART in sub-Saharan Africa, baseline CD4+ T-cell counts increased with increasing duration of program implementation [ 5- 7], and mortality rates post-ART initiation decreased [ 7].
Likewise, as the duration of the programs vary from one country to another and even within the same country, entire program tuition fees were presented.
The agency was praised Wednesday by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which recommended that the oversight agency "should be renewed for the duration of assistance programs in Iraq".
The duration of these programs is between four to six months with full-day classes, five days a week.
Instead, Santiago Iñiguez, the conference host and president of IE University here, seemed to relish his role as provocateur-in-chief, predicting that tuition fees would continue to rise, while the duration of academic programs would shrink.
