Students had a statistically significant increase (p < .05) in BEL Survey index scores from the pre-instruction survey (M = 70.11, SD = 6.97) to the post-instruction survey (M = 71.72, SD = 8.80).
The number of misconceptions held by students on the pre-instruction survey totaled 4,812, producing a mean misconception rate per student of 8.98 (SD = 2.75), whereas the number of misconceptions held by students following instruction increased to a total of 5,072 with an accompanying student mean increase of 0.48 to 9.46 (SD = 2.59).
This outcome may be because female students were more indecisive in their initial pre-instruction survey statement responses, producing a mean 4.25 (n = 287, SD = 4.01) 'undecided/never heard of it' response rate for the 23 BEL Survey statements as opposed to male students' mean 3.54 (n = 249, SD = 3.61) response rate, a significant difference of t 534) = 2.14, p <.05.
Finally, cognitive interviews were conducted with three patients who had received CC services at the Community Health Center, Inc. to verify the ease of comprehension of the survey items, survey instructions, study information sheet, definition of key terms, skip patterns and response options.
We used several approaches to lessen this potential misclassification, including revising the numeric daily doses derived from dosing instructions, surveying physicians, and conducting sensitivity analyses with different assumptions for the mean duration of the standard prescription.
Through my reading of Scripture, examination of the life of Jesus Christ and His disciples, study of historic Christian moral instruction, and survey of Christian ethics, I've concluded that evangelical readiness to use lethal force, especially with guns, is contrary to the gospel we preach and seek to live out.
4Data collection instructions and survey questions are nearly uniform across each MICS country allowing for cross-country comparisons.
Two days of training on elements of the questionnaire was received as well as instructions about survey administration.
Instructions for survey completion were read aloud both in English and Chinese prior to administration by research team members.
After the study coordinators read a 10-minute standardized script containing general instructions, the survey was administered using an electronic (Web) platform that prevented unanswered items.
First instruction sentence: "The survey asks you about your health and daily activities" In French Canadian it is impossible to use a literal translation of the verb "to ask" in this context because in spoken French only a person can ask something of another person, a survey cannot.
