In HRQoL research, similar analyses may be used to assess whether there are differences in response to a particular subscale item as a function of respondent characteristics such as age group, gender, education or treatment, given the same level of HRQoL.
Family physicians generally function as the first respondent for any medical issue, and they also generate the bulk of referrals to specialists.
Missing data were analysed as a function of respondent characteristics to determine whether there was any response bias according to participant characteristics.
Avoid social functions as necessary.
CRF represent the probabilities for responding to each of the five response categories as a function of respondents' level of latent trait (Hambleton, 2005), as, for example, negative and/or positive affect.
IRT is a set of models that describes the probability of responding to an item response category as a function of the respondent's level on the trait being assessed (θ, theta) and characteristics of the item, for example, item difficulty or discrimination.
The basis was a tensor-product spline ensuring flexibility when modeling the average number of contacts as a function of the respondent's and contact's age.
In this section, we empirically analyze the individual-level propensity to support the Senate plan on illegal immigration as a function of respondents' characteristics.
The willingness to pay to avoid an episode of diarrhoea among children was modelled as a linear function of the respondent's characteristics and the severity of illness.
The survey consisted of an introduction stating the objective and questions on social characteristics, such as name and function of the respondent, name of the organization, scale of activities, and involvement or interest in flood protection (blue network) and/or nature (green network).
In contrast, as soon as organ function deteriorates, respondents appear to decompress much earlier, even at moderate IAP elevations (Figure 4).
