Sentence examples for items is unclear from inspiring English sources

Human eating behaviour is often studied in the laboratory, but whether the extent to which a participant believes that their food intake is being measured influences consumption of different meal items is unclear.

The reason for no significant difference for the three other items is unclear.

As the K-REC instrument was designed to evaluate skills and knowledge of EBP, rather than behaviours (actual performance of EBP in practice), the underlying reason for the lack of discrimination found in these items is unclear.

For 4 instruments, the identification of items was unclear or not reported at all [ 26, 27, 37, 38].

If any of the items were unclear, including the amount of missing data and method used to handle missing data, we specified it as 'unclear'unclear

Clearly it is best if items are clear, brief and concise, however when the meaning of items are unclear and unspecific this can leave participants floundering as they have to fill in the information not explicitly given in the item.

In contrast, questions and questioning that they viewed as intrusive [ 36], where the structure and purpose of survey items were unclear to respondents [ 37], disillusionment with past participation, or unpleasant past experiences with survey completion and a lack of commitment to the survey [ 38] caused study drop out.

Item vague, ambiguous The meaning of the item or words within the item are unclear and can be understood in multiple ways in the source text, leading to potential mistranslation in target languages if the wrong nuance is chosen.

Uninterpretable results were reported in 18% and in 82% this item was unclear.

In addition, clinicians were asked to note if any item was unclear and to provide suggested changes.

If an item was unclear, the interviewee was told the purpose of the item and then encouraged to suggest an alternate format or wording.