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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Interrater Reliability"”.
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Interrater reliability of the Balcones Sensory Integration Screening Test-Revised
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The Effect Of Instrument-Specific Rater Training On Interrater Reliability And Counseling Skills Performance Differentiation
… effect of instrument-specific rater training on interrater reliability (IRR) and counseling skills performance differentiation. Strong IRR is of primary concern to effective program evaluation (McCullough, Kuhn, Andrews, Valen, Hatch, & Osimo, 2003; Schanche, Nielsen, McCullough, Valen, & …
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Locomotor Skill Development in Response to an Electronic Visual Exercise System in Children with Sensory Impairments
… an electronic visual exercise system, as well as interrater reliability of the assessment method. Eight children between the ages of seven and fourteen were recruited from an adapted physical education program. Pre-and post-test analysis of data collected via the Test of Gross Motor Development - …
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The Role of Frustration in Intensive Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech
… treatment. Additionally, the study examines the interrater reliability of the frustration rating scale used in an intensive CAS treatment study. Methods: Frustration and treatment data obtained from 17 participants (between 4;0-9;11 years) with CAS in an intensive treatment research study were …
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Toward a valid and reliable measure of play: the dimensions of play framework
… purpose of this initial study was to investigate interrater reliability using a time-sampling method. Video tapes of 140 children interacting with either a simple or elaborate version of a clay exhibit were collected for analysis. Three rounds of coding by undergraduate assistants demonstrated …
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Development of a self-care assessment tool for hospitalized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A methodological study
A methodological study was conducted to establish reliability and validity for a researcher-designed self-care assessment tool for hospitalized COPD patients. The tool consisted of 43 numerical rating scales organized into respiratory status, level of function, complexity of the plan of care, and …
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Interrater and intrarater reliability of the Acumar™ digital inclinometer for measurement of cervical range of motion in children with torticollis
The purpose of this study was to determine the interrater and intrarater reliability of a digital inclinometer used to measure cervical spine range of motion in children or infants who have a diagnosis of torticollis. This was a methodological study in which children and infants from one to …
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Behavioral specificity and reliability in job analysis and job specification
… relationship between behavioral specificity and interrater reliability. These concerns were investigated through the use of 3 groups of subject raters: one group possessing extensive job knowledge, one group possessing some degree of job familiarity, and one group possessing little or no job …
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Hip and Spine in Cerebral Palsy
… CPUP, was analyzed. In studies III and IV, the interrater reliability and validity of the clinical spinal examination used in CPUP and of the Posture and Postural Ability Scale (PPAS) were evaluated in children and adolescents (6-16 years) with CP. Results: The prevalence of WS decreased …
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Psychometric Investigation of the Check-In, Check-Out Fidelity of Implementation Measure
… The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the Check-In, Check-Out Fidelity of Implementation Measure (Crone et al., 2010), an instrument created to measure the fidelity of implementation of CICO intervention.</p> <p>This study assessed the psychometric properties …
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An Empirical Analysis of Rating Effectiveness for a State Quality Award
… rating scale, rating process) and measures (interrater reliability, halo error, leniency and severity, range restriction) based on extensive literature review. A research framework was developed from this review, and was employed in computing rating effectiveness measures at the individual …
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Advancing our understanding of nursing work and work role effectiveness: is the Irish nursing minimum data set for mental health psychometrically robust and can it be used to inform nursing sensitive patient outcomes?
… this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Irish Nursing Minimum Data Set for mental health to determine its usability in the clinical setting. A secondary aim of this study was to explore the ability of the tool to capture nursing sensitive outcomes of care, …
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Measuring Therapist Adherence to a Manual-Based Treatment Tested in a Community Setting: The PASCET Manual Adherence Scale (P-MAS)
… of a manual-based measure that would demonstrate interrater reliability across multiple raters. This study reported on the psychometric development of the PASCET Manual Adherence Scale (PMAS) (e.g. scoring strategy, item development, reliability), a unique measure of therapist adherence that …
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The Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the Balance Error Scoring System in Acutely Concussed Individuals
… test by Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC). The reliability of BESS ranges from poor (0.80) in healthy, non-injured individuals but has yet to be assessed in acutely concussed individuals. Furthermore, minimal detectable change (MDC) scores for the BESS have only been determined in healthy, …
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Evaluation of injury surveillance data collected during major multisport games: Informing a standardized prospective injury surveillance system for the Canada Games
… the Canada Games (CG). The first, examined the interrater reliability of coding of injury information collected using the injury surveillance system employed at the CG. The injury report form data from the 2017 and 2019 CG was independently coded by two researchers with sports medicine …
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Evaluating Reliability of the Megyesi Total Body Scoring Method on People of Color
This thesis investigates the reliability of Megyesi et al.'s (2005) Total Body Score (TBS) method in assessing decomposition, focusing on people of color (POC). Using a semi-experimental design, it analyzes a dataset of decomposition photos from the Texas State University Forensic Anthropology …
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The Multidimensional Interpersonal Dependency Inventory: Scale Development
… and inventory creation, 2. Expert feedback and interrater reliability and 3. Data collection and analysis. Three-hundred fifteen undergraduates completed a questionnaire packet, consisting of a demographics section, a copy of the new inventory, and seven other inventories that measure …
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Developing A Clinical Support Tool of Suboptimal Caregiver Behaviours During Vaccination: Preliminary Validation of the Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt Inoculation (OUCHI) Tool
… its preliminary psychometric properties (i.e., reliability and validity). The tool was developed and validated by synergizing extensive research experience in vaccination behaviours, clinician expertise in everyday practice, and archival vaccination data (n = 537). Our findings showed interrater …
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Normative, validation, and reliability studies of the Nine-Hole Peg Test scores with children
… children five to ten years old and conduct reliability and validity studies utilizing the Nine-Hole Peg Test. Sample included 1,020 students in ten elementary schools in the Las Vegas area. As children got older, their fine motor speed increased. Significant gender differences were indicated …
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Revisiting Rating Format Research: Computer-Based Rating Formats and Components of Accuracy
… with the rating format, and higher levels of interrater reliability than either BARS or graphic rating scales with numerical anchors. This study supports the ideas that rating format research should be reexamined with a focus on rating accuracy and that computer-based graphic scales with no …
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