After reading the scenario, respondents answered questions measuring their expectations of competition, excitement level, and purchase intention.
However, participants seeking CAM did not conceptualize treatment outcomes as discrete or isolated domains, but rather as interrelated, which has important implications for how to appropriately characterize or measure their treatment expectations.
We acknowledge however that our question formulation required men to speculate about their sexual partner's motives, but in so doing we measured their perceptions of expectations.
They were for the most part measured in their expectations and felt renewed hope by seeking medical care abroad.
Following this loss of faith, these individuals nurtured hope that access to CCSVI treatment abroad could eliminate or lessen some of their symptoms of MS, though they were generally measured in their expectations.
"People who buy funeral plans are not around to measure delivery against their expectations, which is why it is so important there are clear rules around how companies must behave". At present, regulation largely comes under the Funeral Planning Authority FPAA), which has limited powers to punish abuses.
They're disappointed that the person didn't measure up to their expectations, yet they failed to realize that it was their expectations that caused their dissatisfaction - not the other person.
If a recommended treatment is perceived to be effective, it is more likely to be used as stipulated in the guideline whereas treatment recommendations that do not measure up to their expectations may be less utilized.
Researchers from the UK suggest that patient satisfaction assesses whether patients' personal experiences with the health system measure up to their expectations; that is, satisfaction measures the agreement between expectations and experiences [ 14].
Ask any of those athletes on the field this past Sunday about the disappointments they've lived through, the injuries endured, the countless times they've not measured up to their expectations or reached their dreams.
