Religions, 2021 Homelessness is a continual problem around the world, leaving many organizations uncertain of how to serve these individuals. Although 60-percent of homeless are being served by faith-based organizations, religiosity and spirituality have been largely ...
Ralph L. Piedmont +2 more
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L2 pragmatics underrepresentation as a washback mechanism in EFL contexts: Linking test-design features to high-stakes test use [PDF]
Teaching English Language, 2014 Considering the status of 'washback' in validity theory and research, Messick warns that, to establish test validity, one should not rely merely on washback, with all its complexity, but should instead probe test design properties (i.e., authenticity and
Azizullah Mirzaei +2 more
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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and construct validity of the Arabic Scleroderma Assessment Questionnaire in Egyptian patients with systemic sclerosis. [PDF]
Clin RheumatolEl-Farra OA +17 more
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Some implications of an experimental reading comprehension task [PDF]
Psihologija, 2008 Standardized reading comprehension tests (RCTs) are indispensable instruments in language abilities assessment. Nevertheless, we do not have such an instrument in Serbian.
Lalović Dejan, Stanković Sanda
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Exploratory factor analysis: Validity and reliability of teacher's knowledge construct instrument [PDF]
, 2023 The study aims to determine the instrument's validity and reliability in measuring the construct of teachers' knowledge. The cross-sectional survey research design used a quantitative approach, with pilot study data obtained from 100 primary school ...
Ismail, Normala +3 more
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The development and validation of the Penta Helix construct
Business: Theory and Practice, 2020 The concept of Penta Helix or Quintuple Helix have been widely discussed and used as frameworks in many researches in relation of innovation or organizational innovation field.
Kiki Sudiana +3 more
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Journal of Otology, 2020 Purpose: Vestibular impairments have been associated with a variety of cognitive deficits, most notably deficits in visuo-spatial memory. The Neuropsychological Vertigo Inventory (NVI) was developed to measure self-reported cognitive deficits in patients
Gary P. Jacobson +3 more
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Factor Analysis: a means for theory and instrument development in support of construct validity
International Journal of Medical Education, 2020 Factor analysis (FA) allows us to simplify a set of complex variables or items using statistical procedures to explore the underlying dimensions that explain the relationships between the multiple variables/items.
M. Tavakol, Angela P. Wetzel
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Reliability, Minimum Detectable Change and Construct Validity of the Functional Rating Index in Italian Patients with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain. [PDF]
Medicina (Kaunas)Paolucci T +8 more
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Attempting Measurement of Psychological Attributes
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Measures of psychological attributes abound in the social sciences as much as measures of physical properties do in the physical sciences. However, there are crucial differences between the scientific underpinning of measurement. While measurement in the
Thomas eSalzberger
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