ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster+4 more
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The standard error of measurement is a more appropriate measure of quality for postgraduate medical assessments than is reliability: an analysis of MRCP(UK) examinations [PDF]
Background: Cronbach's alpha is widely used as the preferred index of reliability for medical postgraduate examinations. A value of 0.8-0.9 is seen by providers and regulators alike as an adequate demonstration of acceptable reliability for any ...
DJ Weiss+15 more
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ABSTRACT Over almost two decades, young people's employment opportunities have been significantly impacted by events like the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2009) and the COVID‐19 pandemic (2020‐). Thus, underemployment has become a more pervasive and persistent feature of young people's labour market experiences. This research focuses on three forms of
Brendan Churchill
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Deontological morality can be experimentally enhanced by increasing disgust. A transcranial direct current stimulation study [PDF]
Previous studies empirically support the existence of a distinctive association between deontological (but not altruistic) guilt and both disgust and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms.
Collazzoni, Alberto+4 more
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Construction and validation of a questionnaire to assess student satisfaction with mathematics learning materials [PDF]
Sixth Edition Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing MulticulturalityMathematics is an essential branch for the scientific development and its study is mandatory in most university degrees.
Amaya D.+11 more
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ABSTRACT Background Olfactory dysfunction affects up to 22% of the population. Accurate assessment is vital for diagnosis and tracking outcomes, often using patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs). Aims We aimed to develop and validate a novel questionnaire for assessing olfactory and gustatory dysfunction.
Matt Lechner+31 more
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Internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Attitude toward Muslim Proximity Index (AMPI): a measure of social distance [PDF]
The Attitude toward Muslim Proximity Index (AMPI) is a six-item scale that uses tolerance to different degrees of social distance to assess prejudice towards Muslims. It was tested on 1777 teenage school children from northern England who indicated their
Adrian Brockett+9 more
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Abstract Educational and psychological research often involves comparing motivation across groups. It is critical to ensure that observed differences in motivation are true variations by group, not due to measurement biases. With a diverse sample of undergraduate students (N = 2200), this study measured internal consistency and gathered validity ...
Ting Dai+5 more
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دراسة إمکانية التنبؤ بمعاملات ثبات ألفا الرتبي وثيتا الرتبي وأوميجا وأکبر حد أدنى بمعلومية معامل ألفا لکرونباخ لأحجام عينات مختلفة Investigating the Possibility of Predicting Ordinal Alpha, Ordinal Theta, Omega, and the Greatest Lower Bound Reliability with Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient for Different Sample Sizes [PDF]
أ.م.د محمد إبراهيم محمد
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Estimating reliability coefficients with heterogeneous item weightings using Stata: A factor based approach [PDF]
We show how to estimate a Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient in Stata after running a principal component or factor analysis. Alpha evaluates to what extent items measure the same underlying content when the items are combined into a scale or used ...
Mark A.C. Kattenberg+1 more
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