In theory, and since we cannot control for the type of diploma pursued, defining the accumulation of vocational human capital in this way could potentially bias the effect of the track and the grade upwards, as only low achievers engage in 2-year programs and, from our perspective, those individuals would never be able to achieve the highest outcome.
"Follow your heart" have been watchwords for centuries, and with good reason: We know instinctively our heart's intuition yields the highest outcome.
In the study by Hamid et al.[ 47], patients with a broken screw had the highest outcome scores.
The highest outcome rates were among Asian patients, those aged 85 years and over and for females.
Among the proliferation markers studied, the highest outcome advantage was associated with securin immunopositivity (HR 7.1, P=0.0270, 95% CI 1.3 40.1, securin >20 vs <10%).
We considered the quadrant with the highest outcome to be the trainee's preferred learning style, or, in the case of multiple quadrants, we designated the trainee to a mixed group (if scores in ≥2 quadrants were equal) [ 6, 11].
As supported by internal audits, the highest outcome of calls across all age groups was health information and/or self-care advice, with statistics suggesting around 40 50% of all calls made by or on behalf of children aged 0 15 were managed with no onward referral needed, which supports previous audits.
We adjusted the number of cases using different estimates of sensitivity in each stratum of maternal education, assuming the highest outcome sensitivity in the stratum with a college degree and comparatively less sensitivity for all other educational strata based on the ASD prevalence observed in our data [see Supplemental Material, Table S1 http://ox.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104556)].
