Finally, the steepness of the selectivity curve, measured by a, had a statistically significant but minimal effect on the desirability of the harvest regimes (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, calculated based on 1000 bootstrapped replicates, equaled 0.03 with P < 0.01).
The high average yields obtained when intensive fishing is restricted to larger brook charr, in conjunction with their relatively weak evolutionary impacts, meant that these regimes were frequently identified as desirable, although when harvesting intensity was intermediate (0.05 < bH < 0.15), the size at 50% selectivity had little discernible effect on the desirability of a harvest regime.
This mother teacher discrepancy was not seen for sons of PPD mothers, nor for boys or girls in the community sample, which may support the effect of social desirability when PPD mothers rated the externalizing behaviour of their daughters.
This study explored the potential mediating effect of social desirability in the measurement of outcomes of chronic disease self-management courses.
The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC-SDS) was developed as a measure of the effect of social desirability, but it has not been adapted for or used in Africa.
Because this topic is subject to the effect of social desirability, bias may have occurred in the data, since the respondents may not have answered the questions completely truthfully.
The present study used a repeated measures design to assess the effect of social desirability on a measure of driving avoidance, the Driving and Riding Avoidance Scale (DRAS), and the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ).
In any case, concerning mental health professionals, we must not rule out a possible effect of social desirability, to the extent that participation and empowerment of the patient are now highly valued in the conceptualization of healthcare.
The situation may be obscured further by the effect of social desirability bias, which may restrain experimental subjects from admitting to employing less than superlative reasoning strategies.
The low predictive value of the variables involved may be a consequence of a reduced variance due to the effect of social desirability.
