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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Item evaluation"”.
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An item evaluation of a newly–developed strength–based approach scale in a South African working population
… no studies have been done to see how well the items of this scale function. The objectives of this research were to 1) conceptualise an SBA according to literature, 2) determine whether the items in the SBA scale are unidimensional, 3) to determine the internal validity and reliability of the …
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To Acquire or Not to Acquire? That is a Question of Ownership Language and Dispositional Greed
… (1) the impact of ownership language on product evaluation, and (2) the influence of dispositional greed on the experience of diminishing marginal utility. Essay 1 investigates the impact of ownership language (e.g., this is my car) on prospective buyers' item evaluation. Results show that using …
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The effects of music and imagery on learning and attitudes in an industry training class
… given a pretest, posttest, transfer task, and an evaluation form. While test scores improved significantly from pretest to posttest, there were no significant differences between any of the conditions on the posttest, transfer task, and two of the evaluation items. However, the imagery condition …
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Computer-assisted item and test pre-analysis: a new direction in qualitative methods
To date, the major emphasis in test and item evaluation has been directed toward statistical post-measures which rely heavily on data gathered from the administration of the instrument. These primarily summative techniques are limited, however, in that they are incapable of providing information …
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Anorexia Nervosa in Wales: Patient Treatment Experience and Healthcare Professional Awareness
… 2013): including formative research, process evaluation and outcome evaluation. Formative research included audience research (interviews and focus groups with healthcare professionals and healthcare professionals in training) in combination with theories of social cognition and persuasion to …
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Feeling heard, respected and emotionally understood: empathic communication in simulated sexual assault interviews with police trainees
… each interview, role-players completed a seven-item evaluation (1-4 scale) of feeling heard, respected, and emotionally understood; the mean score of these items (QMean) served as the main outcome measure. Across 2,763 coded segments, empathic behaviors were relatively common (68%), while …