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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"assessment instrument"”.
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Development of the Interview and Interrogation Assessment Instrument
… we have developed a psychological instrument for evaluating videotaped interrogations: the Interview and Interrogation Assessment InstrumentTM. We begin with a discussion of the benefits of standardized measurement and proceed to an overview of the conceptualization and initial …
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Development of a Values Assessment Instrument for Nursing Students
… the theoretical framework for the study.<br> The instrument was developed by the researcher through a review of the literature, review of other instruments, and the researcher's experiences. The method of scaling the questionnaire was a six point Likert-type scale.<br> Junior level nursing …
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Rescoring the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument: A Comparison of Methods
… weights to the risk factors on the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI). An evaluation is made which compares the predictive accuracy of a revised scoring system compared to the one that is currently in use. The data for this analysis is taken from 299 Montana juveniles who were administered …
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Rescoring the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument: A Comparison of Methods
… weights to the risk factors on the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI). An evaluation is made which compares the predictive accuracy of a revised scoring system compared to the one that is currently in use. The data for this analysis is taken from 299 Montana juveniles who were administered …
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Development of a corporate integrity assessment instrument using corporate governance indicators in Malaysia
… is the first of its kind to design an integrity assessment instrument and to assess Corporate Integrity Systems in Malaysian Companies. Specifically, it identified the scope of Corporate Integrity Systems implemented in publicly listed companies, identified appropriate indicators, and verified …
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Identifying At-Risk Students: An Assessment Instrument for Distributed Learning Courses in Higher Education
… Educators do not yet possess sophisticated assessments of what we may be gaining or losing as we widen the scope of distributed learning. The purpose of this study was not to draw sweeping conclusions with respect to the costs or benefits of technology in education. The researcher focused on …
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Effectiveness of a program-specific assessment instrument for a department of clothing and textiles
… and item quality of a program-specific, assessment instrument designed to measure student mastery of core knowledge in the discipline, (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of the instrument for determining student outcomes from the value-added perspective, and (3) to determine whether …
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Translation of a Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Use in the Latino Population of Greater Kansas City
… to translate and validate a nutrition literacy assessment tool for use among this population. Methods: The Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLit) developed by Dr. Heather Gibbs was adjusted to be culturally relevant for the Latino population of Kansas City and translated into Spanish. …
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Exploratory research into IT's support of organisational agility : concept development and pilot testing of an assessment instrument
… at the development of a conceptual model and assessment instrument to assess the extent to which IT supports organisational agility. The concepts of uncertainty, flexibility and agility are reviewed and a synthesis of concepts is undertaken to form the agility construct to be used in this …
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Do Objective Measures reduce the Disproportionate Rates of Minority Youth Placed in Detention: Validation of a Risk Assessment Instrument?
… disparities can contribute to DMC. Risk assessment instruments (RAI) are objective techniques used to make decisions about youth in the juvenile justice system. This study examined the effects of implementing an RAI designed to make detention decisions, in a predominantly rural parish in …
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Differences on the coloured progressive matrices among a population of mildly mentally handicapped school children : an examination of a psychological assessment instrument
… that the Wechsler scales are among the primary instruments used to assess children for placement into programs for the mildly mentally handicapped, it was conjectured that assignment to this group has been based on crystallized, and hence culturally biased, abilities. It was hypothesized that …
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Development of an East Tennessee Tri-County Community Food Assessment Instrument to Aid in the Construction and Implementation of a Working Food Model.
… hunger and food insecurities. A community food assessment was conducted among residents participating in a commodities disbursement program in Cocke County. Two hundred seven individuals participated in this survey. The results of the surveys were posted and analyzed using an online statistical …
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A multidimensional investigation of the validity of a new large-scale reading assessment instrument: The reading portion of the Illinois Goal Assessment Program
The factor analysis results indicate that the tests load on two factors, a comprehension factor and a factor which contrasts reading rate and accuracy with narrative comprehension. Two elements of the IGAP failed to load on either factor: the literacy survey and the reading strategies measures.
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The Study of a Senior Exhibition Project Used as a Performance Assessment Instrument in an Urban High School: Teacher and Student Perceptions With an Analysis by the Participant Researcher
… and indeed changed by the use of an alternative assessment instrument designed as a Senior Exhibition Project. The findings of this study can be used as a basis of further investigation of the influence of assessment strategies on instructional and learning behaviors.
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A Framework for Adaptive Capacity in Complex Systems
… the gap in the literature by developing an assessment instrument that captures the key organizational factors necessary for developing and monitoring adaptive capacity in complex systems. These organizational factors serve as criteria to measure the adaptive capacity and improve resilience …
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Information and communication technology (ICT) literacy: Refining a construct for assessment
… & Communication Technology (ICT) literacy assessment instrument designed for students entering college. This process began with the development of a working definition of the ICT literacy based on the literature and the input of a panel of experts regarding the proposed literacy …
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