Twenty seven recorded absences were not used in analyses due to missing data (i.e., reason and date of absence), for a total of 1,886 data points.
They include blocking of websites, restrictions on electronic recording, absence of privately owned or independent media, and restrictions on journalists' movements.
Two explanations have been offered for the records' absence.
Our study placed emphasis on explicitly recording absence of an adverse occurrence when none occurred.
Interestingly, in one study of nurses in Canada [ 35], a strong positive correlation and a strong intraclass correlation were observed for self-reported and administratively recorded absence, although a majority of nurses underestimated their absence [ 35].
[H1, medical consultant] Our audits of patient records showed ambiguity in recording absence of pain, where the expression 'no complaint of pain', for example, was used to signify " nothing to report" [H1, nurse].
Ms. Passarella herself, it said, erased the record of absences of some students who missed class.
Throughout her re-election campaign she had to fend off attacks from her Democratic challenger, Kay Hagan, over her voting record, her absences from the state and her ties to Mr. Bush.
The authors sample just over 1,000 students in nine inner-city Philadelphia schools; they measure their weight and height during a school year, and record their absences.
