Implementing this approach would require estimating individual latent speeds using observed response times as indicators and item time intensity parameters obtained from a sample of engaged test-takers.
Furthermore, recruitment through key clinicians might have led to an atypical sample of engaged youth with a different experience to those who were less engaged with the service.
Using longitudinal and multisource data on a sample of firms engaged in R&D alliances in the information technology industry, I find that knowledge acquisition is on average positively associated with firms' numbers of new products.
A convenience sample of women engaged in sex work was recruited through informational meetings, neighborhood outreach, and referrals by participants.
The present study group could possibly be a sample of already engaged employees as they previously participated in another study.
In our sample of veterans engaged in VA care, we found that HIV-infected veterans were more likely than their uninfected counterparts to be enrolled in Medicare and/or Medicaid, but this difference varied by age.
A recent review (Swannell et al., 2014) suggests that, while clinical samples of those engaging in NSSI include a preponderance of females, gender equivalence is more characteristic of samples not selected for presence of disorder, such as the one studied here.
Just over 20% of the sample reported engaging in sexting (Table 1).> -wrap-foot> Note: due to some instances of missing data, some categories may not be equal to the total sample of respondents.
Assuming the proportion of participants obtaining heads at the coin toss to be 0.5, the proportion of participants in the sample actually engaging in sensitive behavior (P) is given by the following: P = 2 P Y – 1 where P Y is the proportion of participants answering yes to the particular sensitive question.
Based on current definitions of crossdressing (Vencato 2013; Hegland 1999), our sample is engaging in this practice.
