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Transferring Non-Responsibility

open access: yesethic@ - An international Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2019
The Direct Argument argues for the claim that determinism and moral responsibility are incompatible. The most controversial assumption of the argument is the thought that "not being responsible for" transfers across conditionals: if no one is (even partially) morally responsible for the fact that p is true, and no one is (even partially) morally ...
Pedro Merlussi   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Non-response biases in surveys of schoolchildren: the case of the English Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) samples [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We analyse response patterns to an important survey of schoolchildren, exploiting rich auxiliary information on respondents' and non-respondents' cognitive ability that is correlated both with response and the learning achievement that the survey aims to
Micklewright, John   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Collecting Genetic Samples in Population Wide (Panel) Surveys: Feasibility, Nonresponse and Selectivity

open access: yesSurvey Research Methods, 2010
Collecting biomarkers as part of general purpose surveys offers scientists - and social scientists in particular - the ability to study biosocial phenomena, e.g. the relation between genes and human behavior.
Matthias Schonlau   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between physical activity level, leisure sedentary time, and frailty among residents aged 30 – 79 years in Wuzhong district, Suzhou city: a baseline surveillance data analysis

open access: yesZhongguo gonggong weisheng
ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between physical activity level, leisure sedentary time, and frailty among residents aged 30 – 79 years in Wuzhong district, Suzhou city, Jiangsu province, and to provide a reference for the prevention and control
Xikang FAN   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Improvement of Response Rates and Data Quality of Direct Business Surveys by Centralized Data Collection Approach: the ISTAT Experience [PDF]

open access: yesStatistika: Statistics and Economy Journal, 2020
In April 2016 ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) started a corporate restructuring process that interested all the statistical production structures and that led to a completely renewed organizational setup.
Giampaola Bellini   +2 more
doaj  

Predictive Factors of Treatment Resistance in First Episode of Psychosis: A Systematic Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
Background: Clinical and functional outcome improvement in psychotic disorders is a challenge for the investigators. Recent advances offered opportunities for ameliorating the course of the illness during its early stages and for identifying treatment ...
Paola Bozzatello   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining trauma cognition change trajectories among initial PTSD treatment non-optimal responders: a potential avenue to guide subsequent treatment selection

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023
Background: Despite their general effectiveness, 14-50% of individuals do not fully respond to evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Philip Held   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Are You a Boy or a Girl?”—A Missing Response Analysis

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Many adolescent health surveys ask if respondents are male or female. Non-response may be due to fear of de-anonymisation or being a gender-nonconforming youth. The present study investigates the frequency of non-response and its potential reasons.
Andreas Heinz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adapting chain referral methods to sample new migrants: Possibilities and limitations

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2015
Background: Demographic research on migration requires representative samples of migrant populations. Yet recent immigrants, who are particularly informative about current migrant flows, are difficult to capture even in specialist surveys.
Lucinda Platt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Battling the two-headed dragon of prostate cancer targeted therapy

open access: yesMolecular & Cellular Oncology, 2020
Neoadjuvant intense androgen deprivation therapy for high-risk localized prostate cancer is an emerging but unproven treatment paradigm that is hoped to delay or prevent disease recurrence.
Scott Wilkinson, Adam G. Sowalsky
doaj   +1 more source

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