As factors affecting prognosis were numerous and miscellaneous, we can not simply evaluate whether one study was representative.
Since our intension was not to simply evaluate the severity of pain, but also to understand the impact of chronic low back pain on the patients' life, we used the VAS not for pain intensity, but for bothersomeness of low back pain, as a primary outcome measurement.
The aim was not simply to evaluate effectiveness, but also to assess whether schemes were delivering as expected and how their impact could be enhanced, for example by improving targeting, uptake and other aspects of implementation.
The approach goes beyond simply evaluating whether or not an intervention worked to explain why it led to observed outcomes [ 2].
Fair assessments of performance require an understanding of the processes underlying intelligence; otherwise, there is a risk of arriving at conclusions that are misleading, if not simply wrong, when evaluating overall test scores or other assessments of performance.
"For us, it is not simply about measuring, evaluating, or responding to the change around us but rather being change-agents and facilitating change in every aspect of our culture as we, the Oak Initiative, become infused into the areas of social, cultural, and political impact wherever we find ourselves.
Additional lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise were not a factor in this study; the researchers simply evaluated the association between vitamin D level and diabetes.
Successful advance-care planning should be evaluated not simply in terms of completion of the paper form, but also in terms of the extent to which patients feel in control of their destinies and family members feel relief from the burdens of decision-making at the end of life.
To evaluate whether MIF-mediated MMP-2 production was not simply the result of this effect, cell numbers were evaluated using a CyQuant cell-enumeration kit.
And yet it's not simply taking a break that helps us evaluate our ideas -- it's also about using that rest to engender positive feelings.
