Ignorance, intention and stochastic outcomes?

Intention and Stochastic Outcomes: an Experimental Study

Do people care about intentions – even when good intentions do not produce good results? In our experiments we find that rates of punishment and reward react strongly to intentions (the wage a firm decides to pay) and more modestly to distributional outcomes (the higher or lower wage actually received including the stochastic component). For example, workers who end up receiving medium wages re...

Quantifying Our Ignorance: Stochastic Forecasts of Population and Public Budgets

Social science. Ignorance, knowledge, and outcomes in a small world.

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The Relationship between Pregnancy Intention, Pregnancy Outcomes, Postpartum Depression, and Maternal Role Adaptation

Abstract Introduction: Unplanned pregnancy and its complications are a global problem that affects women, families, and the community. Objective: This study aimed to assess the relationship between pregnancy intention, pregnancy outcomes, postpartum depression, and maternal role adaptation in pregnant women referred to healthcare centers of Robat Karim City, Iran.  Materials and Methods: Thi...

Intention-to-Treat Comparison of Clinical Outcomes

Background Nonthoracotomy-implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) systems may represent a significant advance in the treatment of patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, but their merits relative to those of the wellestablished thoracotomy systems remain largely unknown. The objective of this study was to compare the shortand long-term clinical outcomes after attempted ICD ...