Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: internal validity and reliability for New Zealand preschoolers. [PDF]
Objectives This observational study examines the internal construct validity, internal consistency and cross-informant reliability of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in a New Zealand preschool population across four ethnicity strata (
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On the Feasibility of Extending Social Experiments to Wider Applications
Background: When deciding how to allocate limited funds for social programs, policymakers and program managers increasingly ask for evidence of effectiveness based on studies that rely on solid methodology, providing credible scientific evidence.
Stephen H. Bell, Laura R. Peck
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Say where you sample: Increasing site selection transparency in urban ecology
Urban ecological studies have the potential to expand our understanding of socioecological systems beyond that of an individual city or region. Cross‐comparative empirical work and synthesis are imperative to develop a general urban ecological theory ...
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Why a Trade-Off? The Relationship between the External and Internal Validity of Experiments
Much of the methodological discussion around experiments in economics and other social sciences is framed in terms of the notions of internal and external validity. The standard view is that internal validity and external validity stand in a relationship
Maria Jimenez-Buedo, Luis Miguel Miller
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The Chinese translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity : factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and construct validity among Protestant Christians in Shanghai [PDF]
A sample of 131 Chinese Christians attending a Protestant church in Shanghai completed the Chinese translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity developed originally by Francis et al.
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Happiness as stable extraversion : internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire among undergraduate students [PDF]
The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) was developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) to provide a more accessible equivalent measure of the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI).
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Background In an epidemiological study, it is essential to test the validity of the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for its ability to estimate dietary intake.
Iso Hiroyasu +4 more
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The Katz-Francis scale of attitude toward Judaism : internal consistency reliability and construct validity among female undergraduate students in Israel [PDF]
The Katz-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Judaism was developed to extend to the Jewish community a growing body of international research concerned to map the correlates, antecedents, and consequences of individual differences in attitude toward ...
Robbins, M +5 more
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Internal, external, and ecological validity in research design, conduct, and evaluation
Reliability and validity describe desirable psychometric characteristics of research instruments. The concept of validity is also applied to research studies and their findings.
Chittaranjan Andrade
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The Romanian translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity: internal consistency reliability, re-test reliability and construct validity among undergraduate students within a Greek Orthodox Culture [PDF]
In order to contribute to a growing international research programme concerned with the correlates, antecedents and consequences of individual differences in attitude toward religion, the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity was translated into ...
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