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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"scale construction"”.
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Concealment of nonreligious identity: Scale construction and validation
The number of nonreligious Americans has increased over the past few decades; however negative attitudes toward the nonreligious persist in America, especially in areas with high levels of religiosity. This may compel some nonreligious individuals to conceal their identity in order to manage stigma …
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Faculty teaching climate: scale construction and initial validation
… with experts in the field; faculty familiar with scale construction revised initial items. A pilot study provided initial data to help revise the Department Teaching Climate (DTC) scale, provided preliminary psychometrics, and determined scale structure. A main study provided further psychometric …
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Emotional Antecedents Of Alcohol Use: A Scale Construction Project
… evidence of predictive validity as EAAU subscale scores were found to be predictive of difficulties in emotion regulation (R2 = .128, F(14, 286) = 2.991, p < .001) and alcohol consumption (R2 = .111, F(14, 286) = 2.539, p = .002). Lastly, gender and drinker status differences in EAAU scores …
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Personalized and Socialized Need for Power: Scale Construction and Validation
This present study developed psychometrically sound measures of personalized need for Power (nPower) and socialized nPower, and examined the nomological network around these two constructs, by determining the antecedents and consequences of these two sides of nPower. High scores on personalized …
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Summated Scale Construction: Development of the Inventory of Professional Competencies (Ipc)
… and beginning validation of a summated scale, the Inventory of Professional Competencies (IPC). The scale reflects self-reported competencies gained by Masters of Social Work (MSW) students at the University of South Carolina's College of Social Work. The research stretched over five …
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Scale Construction and Halo Effect in Secondary Student Ratings of Teacher Performance
The use of rating scales in the evaluation of secondary teacher performance has been called into question and widely criticized. Of particular concern has been the use of student ratings of teacher performance. A review of instruments and practices used in the rating process reveals serious design …
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Integration of Zip-formwork and conventional formwork systems for shape-optimized concrete in large scale construction
… role in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, particularly in large-scale projects, contributing significantly to global material consumption, construction costs, and embodied carbon emissions. Shape optimized concrete has been developed as a solution for more …
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Towards a Perceptually–grounded Theory of Microtonality: issues in sonority, scale construction and auditory perception and cognition
… ranging from duplex subdivision of tempered scales to the generation of intervals in just–intonation– based schemes, including systems derived directly from the structure of the harmonic series. It contains an analytical survey of case studies relating to twentieth–century microtonal …
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Applications of Ideal Point Approaches to Scale Construction and Scoring in Personality Measurement: The Development of a Six-Faceted Measure of Conscientiousness
… utilization of greater numbers of items for scale construction. The ideal point model could readily use items located in the middle of the trait continuum, while traditional approaches found them virtually useless. Third, scales designed using the ideal point model provided more information, …
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Strategic realignment of the post-contract cost control process in the Nigerian construction industry using kaizen
Small and medium scale construction companies in Nigeria have many challenges such as management of construction works, employee management, competition in the construction industry and financial management of construction projects. New techniques emanating from lean thinking have helped to reduce …
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A Hybrid Simulation Model for Understanding and Managing Non-Value Adding Activities in Large-Scale Design and Construction Projects
… gained through its application to real-world construction projects are envisioned to help construction managers to better understand and manage the dynamics of NVAAs, and ultimately minimize the risk of schedule delays and cost overruns in their large-scale construction projects.
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Applications of Genetic Algorithms for Multi-Objective Resource Allocation of Construction Projects Under Certainty
… as the foundation for multi-objective construction process optimization. Based on GA principles, a set of algorithms is developed specifically for construction process analysis and optimization. This set of algorithms is also integrated with simulation techniques to analyze risks and …
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The Application Of Insurance As A Risk Management Tool For Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Implementation In Construction Disputes
In modern days, construction projects have become more and more complex and intriguing. One source of the complexity arises from the large number of parties involved. This is especially the case for large-scale construction projects. Because of such complexity, disputes are almost inevitable and …
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A design project for an urban frontier
… (abandoned buildings) or the fall-out of large scale construction (highways, public transport, utilities, etc.). The potential of these latter spaces for public use is often unrecognized. This thesis will argue that due to their very natur~, cities produce such spaces by default and that they …
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Experiments with 3D printing technologies in masonry construction
Modern masonry construction finds itself in a cyclical pattern of "more of the same," insisting on standardized, basic designs consisting of little more than uniform stones laid in regular courses, which do little to add to the variability of the modem world. While these forms attain a surety in …
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Maximizing Information: Applications of Ideal Point Modeling and Innovative Item Design to Personality Measurement
… mode of delivery used when administrating such scales, and the impact of technology in measuring personality. Thus, the major purpose of the studies in this thesis concerns two interrelated issues of personality research, namely the way personality responses are best modeled, and the most …
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A solution to the braced excavation collapse in Singapore
… the viability of the proposed design in the construction bid. Finally, some important conclusions are drawn from this study that should be applied to future large-scale construction projects where public safety and welfare is at stake.
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Free4orm framing : high-performance bending-active strip construction
… re-thinks conventional light frame and panelized construction methodologies employed in residential and general medium-scale construction. To do so, it investigates the flexural geometry, the structural performance, and volumetric approaches to systematizing elastically bent developable strips. …
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Construction and validation of the consequences of race-related motivated reasoning scale
Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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