First, for each potential leading indicator we select the relevant prediction horizon by using panel vector autoregression.
Second, the WCST indicators (CA, PEM, PEN, TE and DMS scores) in our study did not cover all WCST indicators; we selected the major five indicators.
The indicators we selected overlap with those chosen to be included in the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) for the Medicare population, released in 1997, which also evaluates breast cancer screening and retinal screening for diabetics.
As indicators, we select a set of the most widely distributed species that account for 95% of geographical variation in sampled species richness of birds, butterflies, and vascular plants.
By minimizing this indicator I, we selected and scaled the modal shapes 10, 12, and 13, for the areas identified, respectively, by apices N326, N312 and N333, N340 (Fig. 2a).
To assess the impact of the indicator UL-LOS, we selected from 191 colorectal admissions, records with the UL-LOS and compared these records with the reference group consisting of comparable patients from the same specialty population, who were treated at Tergooiziekenhuizen without a UL-LOS.
As indicators of social capital, we selected variables indicating trust in others and social participation.
The US Environmental Protection Agency EPAA) has developed a list of social context indicators (USEPA 2011) from which we selected those indicators most relevant to our model the density of active watershed protection groups and environmental group chapters.
As another indicator of saltatory movement we selected the peroxisomes in the 90th percentile in distance travelled.
