Sentence examples for opposed to responding from inspiring English sources

34 Our main analyses used only respondents who provided informative responses; ratings, as opposed to responding with 'doesn't apply', to all parts of Q20 and Q21; and complete data on the six demographic variables.

Slate's deputy editor, Jack Shafer, said he thought that Mr. Kinsley was simply ready for a change, as opposed to responding to health issues.

And if there was to be a vote, it was best to be seen to be leading and shaping events, as opposed to responding.

You'd have to be completely clueless to believe that he could be bullied into giving up his entire legacy by a defeated, unpopular G.O.P. — as opposed to responding, as he has, by making resistance to blackmail an issue of principle.

The first and second of the five studies found that the increase in self-esteem -- measured through a self-esteem survey -- occurred only in those with strong ties to their social network of friends and only when users were sharing information as opposed to responding to information shared with them.

The outcome of this project suggested that respondents may consistently manipulate their answers on all related measures in order to maintain the image they wish to project, although the possibility that this response bias might stem, at least partially, from self-deception (as opposed to strategic responding for impression management) cannot be ruled out.

This ensured that participants had to process all of the sentences as opposed to blindly responding 'yes' to each one.

We contend that the most characteristic form of this sensing in living organisms (as opposed to inert material responding mechanically) is an interpretive process involving a response to a sign.

"People who are gung ho for gun control and people who are totally opposed to it all respond the same way: gun laws need to be enforced," Mr. Dingell said in an interview.

For example, the mean scores on 'SL' and 'MSCR' scales are almost 8 times higher for those who used medicines 'during the last two weeks,' as opposed to those who responded negatively.

For analysis purposes, this was recoded as a dichotomous variable with those who reported that the health of their relative impacted upon their life 'a lot' or 'some' deemed as experiencing family burden, as opposed to those who responded as 'a little' or 'not at all'.