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Showing 1 to 20 of 255 for “"psychometrics"”.
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Psychometrics of OSCE Standardized Patient Measurements
This study examined the reliability and validity of scores taken from a series of four task simulations used to evaluate medical students. The four role-play exercises represented two different cases or scripts, yielding two pairs of exercises that are considered alternate forms. The design allowed …
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Psychometrics and test-enhanced learning in a patient-centered learning curriculum
<p>Validity and reliability of scores obtained on Multiple-choice questions (MCQs), as well as the benefits of test-enhanced learning, have been of interest to medical educator scholars. Presented in this dissertation are four composite studies on these themes. The following hypotheses were …
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Impulsivity: Psychometrics of impulsivity in adolescents and links to adolescent risk behaviors
… Patton, Stanford, & Barratt, 1995). However, the psychometrics and performance of the measure is understudied in adolescent populations in the U.S. The studies in this dissertation used data from Dating It Safe, an ongoing, longitudinal study of adolescent behaviors of a large, high school-based …
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The psychometrics of student evaluations of instructors and courses at Eastern Michigan University
<p>The study applied Classical Test Theory to the student evaluation forms for 25 departments to assess reliability. The study also applied Generalizability Theory to assess the reliability of the Psychology Department evaluation form. Regression analysis on the Psychology Department form assessed …
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Congruencies Among Organizational Components and Their Relationships to Work Attitudes (Psychometrics, Industrial Psychology)
An integrative model of organizational fit is proposed and tested. Based on the multiple dimensions of the Theory of Personal Investment, the model hypothesizes the relationships among organizational components and selected work attitudes. A multiple regression estimate of the degree of fit or …
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Representing and Constructing. Psychometrics from the perspectives of measurement theory and concept formation.
Social scientific measurement is much desired and much criticized. In this dissertation I evaluate one of the main approaches to social scientific measurement that has nevertheless been virtually ignored by philosophers – the psychometric approach. Psychometric measures are typically used to …
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The psychometrics of Internet addiction and Internet Gaming Disorder: a step towards measurement unification
Previous research on gaming addiction and Internet addiction (IA) has relied on inconsistent definitions and theoretical frameworks to define these constructs, and has negatively impacted on their assessment. However, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) included 'Internet Gaming Disorder' …
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Schizotypy: A Multi-Country Study of Psychometrics, Socio-Cultural Influences, Cognitive Processes, and Electrophysiological Markers
Schizotypy represents a latent personality organisation reflecting a putative liability for schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizotypic traits include anomalies in cognition (e.g., hallucinations), socio-emotional function (e.g., constricted affect), and behaviour (e.g., odd behaviour and …
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An examination of the psychometrics of the cognitive fusion questionnaire and its relationship to other constructs
… (CFQ). The present study sought to confirm the psychometrics of the CFQ with a large adult undergraduate student sample from the U.S. and to further expand our empirical understanding of the relationship between fusion and other important clinical constructs. Results showed that the CFQ …
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Formalized theory of appraisive judgments: a general methodology for questionnaire research integrating facet design, theory construction and psychometrics
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_17350874x.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Heart Failure Family Caregivers: Psychometrics of a New Quality of Life Scale and Variables Associated with Caregiver Outcomes
The number of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) is at an all-time high and the incidence is expected to increase as our population ages. HF patients experience impaired cognition, exertional shortness of breath, and persistent fatigue; therefore, family members are needed to assist with …
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Examining the Psychometrics of the Psychopathology Inventory for Mentally Retarded Adults-II for Adults with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
With growing recognition of the occurrence of psychological disorders in individuals with intellectual disability (ID), researchers and clinicians alike have placed emphasis on developing measures to assess for psychopathologies in this population. Despite an increased interest in the topic, there …
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Sequentially-fit alternating least squares algorithms in nonnegative matrix factorization
… the often-overlooked origins of NMF in the psychometrics literature. Another method originating in psychometrics is sequentially-fit factor analysis (SEFIT). SEFIT was used to provide faster solutions to NMF, using both alternating least squares (ALS) with zero-substitution of negative …
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A two-parameter partial credit model
… of partial knowledge has a long-term history in psychometrics literature. Many solutions based on classical test theory have been suggested and proposed. Thereafter, due to their failure in satisfying rigorous theory background and precise estimation, new methodologies based on modern test theory …
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Online Psychoeducational Therapy for Chronic Pain
… Spirituality modules. The website incorporates psychometrics, automated course tracking, and social network components allowing for research reporting, self-paced interactive lessons, and social interaction.</p>
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An investigation of the cognitive foundation underlying the rule-space model
… in cognitive psychology with the practices in psychometrics to investigate the cognitive foundations underlying K. Tatsuoka's rule-space model. Rule space is a statistical method for classifying students' test item responses into a set of attribute mastery patterns associated with different …
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Ineffective Psychometric Testing: GRE Test Administration
… questions, and the accurate measurement of psychometrics.</p>
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The historic built environment and a sense of place : Jagersfontein : a mining town in the Free State , South Africa
… approach grounded in Phenomenology and Psychometrics.
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Mindfulness In Parenting Questionnaire (MIPQ): Development and validation of a measure of mindful parenting
… to reduce measurement error and increase the psychometrics of the measure. The third and final phase consisted of large-scale data collection to explore the psychometrics of the new MIPQ. Two-hundred and three parents recruited from academic and after-school programs in South Florida completed …
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Sampling for network motif detection and estimation of Q-matrix and learning trajectories in DINA model
… applications, such as bioinformatics and psychometrics. This thesis develops several sampling algorithms to address open issues in network analysis and educational assessments. The first problem we investigate is network motif detection. Network motifs are substructures that appear …
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