Most discussions of ordinal variables in the sociological literature debate the suitability of linear regression and structural equation methods when some variables are ordinal. Largely ignored in ...

We consider a regression in which one of the observed variables is a proxy for some unobserved "true" variable. Given a lower bound for the correlation between the proxy and the unobserved true ...

Objectives We aimed to understand the factors affecting psychological well-being of patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD). First, we explored how physical symptom severity, emotional distress and ...

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A new study published in the journal of Cureus showed that Maternal age, BMI, weight gain, and history of gestational ...

Background Stroke volume is an established echocardiographic marker but has not been widely studied in patients with ...

Global growth is projected to decline after a period of steady but underwhelming performance, amid policy shifts and new uncertainties. Global headline inflation is expected to decline further, ...