25– 27 However, overall the evidence for expectancy effects in acupuncture is mixed and this inconsistency may be related to small sample sizes and the use of various unvalidated and general questionnaires to measure expectancies.
53 Psychological process measures: Expectancy will be measured using the Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ).
Sample item: " In a course like this, I prefer exercises that really challenge me, so that I can learn new things", and the CRSE measured expectancy regarding how well he/she would do on the course.
MHLC measures expectancies about control, and was developed for prediction of health related behaviour [ 13].
Overall human mortality levels can best be compared by using the life-table measure life expectancy at birth (often abbreviated simply as life expectancy), the number of years of life expected of a newborn baby on the basis of current mortality levels for persons of all ages.
The UTUAT items were applied to measure Learning Expectancy (that the agents would help them learn), Effort Expectancy (that the agents were easy to work with), and Attitudes toward technology (that they like the agents in general).
Expectancy has been shown to affect the response to psychological and medical interventions; however, the lack of validated measure of expectancy in the setting of acupuncture limits the quantitative evaluation of the effects of expectancy on clinical response to acupuncture therapy.
FEW numbers tell a happier story than those that measure life expectancy.
A statement said: "The cancer is, in short, inoperable and will prove fatal in time, though it is at present impossible to measure life expectancy".
By every measure – life expectancy, infant mortality, income, education, productivity, corporate profits, scientific and technological innovation – the mixed economy ushered in by the New Deal was a huge success.
