Second, we varied the way in which the items are distributed across the scale, either evenly scattered so that sum score distributions are symmetrical, or only scattered on the upper half part of the scale, that is, using only items that less than 50% of the population endorses, which results in positively skewed sum score distributions (cf. Derks et al. 2004; van den Oord et al. 2003).
Our analyses demonstrated that 25.6% of the population endorsed persistent problems falling asleep and that 31% reported persistent problems staying asleep, yielding a potential prevalence for insomnia that is consistent with existing estimates (29).
In a rural population of adults in Haiti's Central Plateau, over 6% of the population endorsed current suicidal ideation, and the mean level of depression symptomatology was a score of 20.4 on the BDI.
The conference called for the agricultural sector to pay attention to maintaining an adequate food supply for the population, and endorsed continued urbanization, a favorite theme of the incoming prime minister next March, Li Keqiang.
"Over 90% of the population would endorse what Isinbayeva said, however abhorrent we find it in the UK.
Third, Updated Indian Academy of Pediatrics guidelines, relevant to at least a part of our study population, endorse the use of 2 TU [ 11].
AN OFT-TOUTED answer to the problem of an ageing population (endorsed by this newspaper as well) is to increase the retirement age.
2. Early adopters (13.5% of the population) identify and endorse the solution, driving its spread.
In public announcements regarding anthrax, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) emphasized the overall low risk to the population but also endorsed actions to minimize personal risk.
However, in this study, we found little to support the claim that women in the sampled population were endorsing a stereotype threat; rather, our evidence suggests that most women, and even men, reject this claim.
For example, for Item 1, β2 = 0.28 indicates that a person needed a perceived risk level 0.28 of a standard deviation above the population mean to be likely to endorse categories 3 or above (somewhat likely to extremely likely) for this item.
