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Showing 1 to 20 of 110 for “"face validity"”.
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Factors Influencing the Face Validity of Effort Tests: Timing of Warning and Feedback
… tests may detect faking would influence (the face validity of and performance on) effort and standard neuropsychological measures. All participants were administered the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and Memory for Complex Pictures (MCP) as well as a brief battery composed of standard …
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Factors Influencing the Face Validity of Effort Tests: Timing of Warning and Feedback
… tests may detect faking would influence (the face validity of and performance on) effort and standard neuropsychological measures. All participants were administered the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) and Memory for Complex Pictures (MCP) as well as a brief battery composed of standard …
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The development and validation of a questionnaire on Root Cause Analysis
… guided by a literature review; 2) assessing the validity of the content of the questionnaire by and numerical evaluation of the face validity thereof; 3) assessing the qualitative face validity cognitive interviews; and 4) reliability by test-retest. Results: Content validity assessment in Phase …
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The validity and reliability of a 1-minute half sit-ups test
The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of a 1-minute half sit-up test to allow for its implementation as a test of abdominal strength and endurance. Subjects (N= 133) performed as many sit-ups as they could in one minute. A test-retest reliability study was …
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A preliminary assessment of a framework for the allocation of comprehensive primary dental services
… assessment of the DRAF by determining its face validity, testing reliability and usability of its diagnostic classification tool, and to produce a set of preliminary recommendations on the viability of the DRAF before it is released for use within the Family Health Programme.
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ESTABLISHING A VALID AND RELIABLE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT FOR GYMNASTICS COACH CERTIFICATION
… The purpose of this study was to establish validity and reliability of an NCCP coaching competency assessment. Gymnastics Canada agreed to have their Community Sport coaching competency instrument tested for content validity, face validity, inter-rater reliability and intra-rater …
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Identification Of Differences Between Information Communicated By Text Messaging And Voice Message On Feedback
… future performance, self-efficacy, and perceived face validity. Previous literature has established an effect of positive feedback enhancing future performance and self-efficacy, and negative feedback decreasing future performance and self-efficacy, but no research currently exists on how this …
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Constructing the Cornerstones for C.A.T.E.S.
… of this study was to establish content and face validity for C.A.T.E.S. (Competency, Assessment, Technology, Education, & Simulation) through four specific aims: 1) identify which dimension (cognitive, technical, or behavioral) of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) competency accurately …
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Executive Effectiveness Profile Instrument Development and Validation
… body of accepted theory and empirical studies. Face validity was established through the verification of the relevancy of the items to executive effectiveness. Reliability was established through the test-retest method. The instrument was evaluated for item clarity and clarity of directions by a …
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A preliminary assessment of a framework for the allocation of comprehensive primary dental services
… assessment of the DRAF by determining its face validity, testing reliability and usability of its diagnostic classification tool, and to produce a set of preliminary recommendations on the viability of the DRAF before it is released for use within the Family Health Programme. Method: …
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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?
The aim of 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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The Sociomoral Atmosphere Rating Template (SMART): an investigation of reliability and validity
… of the instrument's reliability and validity. Results indicate that individuals can be trained to reliably use the SMART and that the measure is internally consistent. In addition to its face validity, results indicate that the SMART has convergent validity when compared to the Early …
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Assessing the Adlerian Personality Priorities: A Formal Instrument for Therapeutic Practice
… administration. The methods used to evaluate the validity and effectiveness of the AAAPP included: face validity, predictive validity, construct validity, test-retest reliability, multiple regression, Guttman split-half reliability and the Spearman Brown reliability.
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Development and validation of a questionnaire on nurses' knowledge and recognition of early signs of clinical deterioration
… 2) determining the index of content validity (CVI) (n=5 expert registered professional nurses) of all item statements; 3) conducting cognitive interviews (n=3 expert registered professional nurses) to explore face validity and the quality of the revised prototype questionnaire; and 4) …
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An application of simulation to deer management decisions
… selected for analysis of the model (i.e., face validity, variable-parameter validity, realism, and empirical validity) were collected from literature discussing validation of simulation models. The results of the analysis relate to each of the several purposes for which DEHPAS was designed. …
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Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
… cognitive and executive functions in mice. This face validity provides the best chance of successful cognitive translation across species. In our study, donepezil had minor effects on the performance of 5xFAD mice in the 5-CSRTT, a touchscreen task evaluating attention. Additionally, 5xFAD mice …
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A behavioural checklist for the measurement of self-esteem in the classroom
… have given valuable feed-back and comment on the face validity of the checklist. Because the LAWSEQ (Lawrence Self-Esteem Questionnaire) is in present use in Western Australian schools, the scores of the Behavioural Checklist were compared with the LAWSEQ self-report to establish some measure of …
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An investigation of the reliability and validity of the Grover developmental charts for very young children
A study of the reliability and validity of the Grover Developmental Charts for very young children between 10 and 36 months was carried out. A total of 108 white, English speaking children of both sexes, were selected from crèches and private homes in the Cape Peninsula. The subjects were tested on …
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An analysis of the perceptions of institutional goal priorities of college-wide and campus administrators among the five multi-campus community colleges of the Virginia Community College System
… the two administrations of the instrument. Face validity was established based upon the development of the Management by Objectives goals specifically for the Virginia Community College System institutions by the VCCS Task Force on Management by Objectives. The findings of this study …
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