Two indicators with higher difficulty indices that result in a significant difference in the level of understanding among respondents highlight characteristics of indicators with complete definition yet are easily misunderstood by health workers.
Tajima's D summarizes the allele frequency spectrum, and can serve as an indicator of demographic events that result in changes in population size or selective sweeps.
"Feeling a bit more stressed than usual, struggling to feel motivated to engage with others, finding yourself less interested in things that used to excite you, all of these are examples of indicators that could result in a deeper problem if left unaddressed," she writes.
The selected indicator was the one that resulted in the smallest P-value for the null hypothesis that the beta for that indicator was 0. The days were then partitioned according to pollution levels defined by that indicator.
Decrease in this saturated fatty acids may be an indicator of a metabolic pathway that results in DHA production under the effect of glycerol as carbon source.
Adverse childhood experiences may be an indicator of a chaotic family environment that results in an increased risk of premature death among family members.
The GPs also discussed the fact that choosing indicators would result in a certain focus that could distract them from the more general goal of quality improvement.
In addition, unlike many of the constructs and measures used in social and epidemiological research, archival data often result in indicators that are straightforward, understandable, and of interest to the community, making them easier to use in community planning (Gabriel 1997; Gruenewald et al. 1997; Mansfield and Wilson 2008).
Other indicators that have been used in result-oriented schemes include meadow bird clutches or carnivore offspring (Musters and others 2000; Zabel and Holm-Mueller 2008).
The water volume, water surface area and river runoff changes, and evaporation can produce corresponding salinity indicators that are consistent with resulting data in Fig. 7.
