Personality versus traffic accidents; meta-analysis of real and method effects
, 2017 Problem: The association between personality and traffic accident involvement has been extensively researched, but the literature is difficult to summarize, because different personality instruments and statistics have been used, and effect sizes differ ...
af Wåhlberg, Anders E +4 more
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How Does the Valence of Wording Affect Features of a Scale? The Method Effects in the Undergraduate Learning Burnout Scale. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2020 A combination of both positively and negatively worded items is often employed in a survey to reduce participants’ acquiescence bias, but such a combination may hurt the validity of the survey.
Zeng B, Wen H, Zhang J.
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Effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil .5. Method for measuring soil biomass
, 1976 A new method for the determination of biomass in soil is described. Soil is fumigated with CHCl3 vapour, the CHCl3 removed and the soil then incubated. The biomass is calculated from the difference between the amounts of CO2 evolved during incubation by ...
Jenkinson, D. S., Powlson, D. S.
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Method effects associated with negatively and positively worded items on the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12): results from a cross-sectional survey with a representative sample of Catalonian workers. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Objective Recent studies into the factorial structure of the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) have shown that it was best represented by a single substantive factor when method effects associated with negatively worded (NW ...
Rodrigo MF +4 more
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Comparison of Testing Method Effects on Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures
Applied Sciences, 2021 As an inherent characteristic of materials, the fracture toughness is an important parameter to study the cracking behavior of asphalt concrete mixtures.
D. Yang, H. Karimi, M. Aliha
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Method Specific Calibration Corrects for DNA Extraction Method Effects on Relative Telomere Length Measurements by Quantitative PCR. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 Telomere length (TL) is increasingly being used as a biomarker in epidemiological, biomedical and ecological studies. A wide range of DNA extraction techniques have been used in telomere experiments and recent quantitative PCR (qPCR) based studies ...
Seeker LA +10 more
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Country, sector and method effects in studying remunicipalization: a meta-analysis
, 2021 A growing literature demonstrates increasing remunicipalization of local public services. Yet, while this literature is becoming extensive, many debates still exist about remunicipalization’s causes.
B. Voorn
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Acceptance of conditionally automated cars: Just one factor?
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2022 Recent research suggests the existence of a general acceptance factor (GAF), similar to the “big one” in personality research or the general intelligence factor (g).
Joost de Winter, Sina Nordhoff
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Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG, 2022 In spatial accessibility studies based on market areas, such as floating catchment area (FCA) family methods, it is crucial to identify the point to which weights are assigned, both on the demand and ...
Łukasz Lechowski
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In vitro ovine embryo production: the study of seasonal and oocyte recovery method effects. [PDF]
Iran Red Crescent Med J, 2014 Background: To current knowledge, different oocyte's recovery method and various seasons have profound impact on in vitro embryo production (IVEP). Objectives: The aim of this study was to define an efficient recovery method for oocytes harvesting from ...
Dadashpour Davachi N +6 more
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