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Protocol: validation of the INCODE barometer to measure the innovation compe-tence through the Rasch Measurement Theory

WPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management, 2017
This communication presents a protocol in order to show the different phases that must be followed in order to validate the INCODE barometer, which is used to measure the innovation competence, with Rasch Measurement Theory.
Lidia Sanchez, Beatriz Blanco, Juan A. Marín-García   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The HAND-Q: Psychometrics of a New Patient-reported Outcome Measure for Clinical and Research Applications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022
Background:. The perspective of the patient in measuring the outcome of their hand treatment is of key importance. We developed a hand-specific patient-reported outcome measure to provide a means to measure outcomes and experiences of care from the ...
Kyra L. Sierakowski, MD, PhD, Nicola R. Dean, MBChB, PhD, Kathleen Evans Sanchez, MD, Philip A. Griffin, MBBS, FRACS, Justin C.R. Wormald, MRes, Jeremy N. Rodrigues, PhD, FRCS(Plast), Olivier Mares, MD, Jussi P. Repo, MD, PhD, Sina M. Hulkkonen, MD, PhD, Neil V. Shah, MD, MS, Steven Koehler, MD, FAAOS, Gregory I. Bain, MBBS, PhD, Stefan J. Cano, PhD, Andrea L. Pusic, MD, MHS, Don Lalonde, MD, Anne F. Klassen, DPhil   +15 more
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Maintaining a common arbitrary unit in social measurement [PDF]

, 2005
In educational assessment, it is common to equate test forms in order to draw comparisons between different populations of students. The process of test equating presents a number of challenges, many of which relate inherently to the problem of ...
Humphry, Stephen
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Exploring Barriers on the Path to B Corp Certification

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT B Corp companies have become a benchmark for sustainability and corporate social responsibility today. However, it is striking that of the more than 285,000 companies that use the B Impact Assessment (BIA) to measure their performance, only around 9400 have managed to achieve certification.
Elsa Diez‐Busto, Lidia Sánchez‐Ruiz, Ana Fernández‐Laviada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Does It Take? A Cross‐National Study Exploring Drivers for Willingness to Engage in Effortful Climate Action

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While much is known about what drives general participation in climate action, less is known about the drivers of actions that are explicitly linked to time, resource, or convenience constraints (i.e., effortful climate action). Understanding what drives effortful climate action is important to effectively tackle climate change, as many high ...
Carola Garrecht, Nina Christenson, Niklas Gericke, Jesper Haglund, Jari Appelgren, Ute Harms   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring youth civic development in Malaysia: Conceptualization, instrument development using the Rasch measurement model, and substantive outcomes [PDF]

, 2010
This study concerned the development of measures for youth civic development in Malaysia with four major goals in mind, namely conceptual, measurement, baseline/pragmatic, and predictive goals.
Tor, Geok Hwa
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What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of anxiety in children with neurodevelopment disorders: Rasch analysis of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale

Frontiers in Psychiatry
Anxiety is common in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). The parent version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS-P) is a widely used measure to assess anxiety across a broad range of childhood populations.
Alana Sparks, Susan Gilbert Evans, Mojib Javadi, Bianca Lasalandra, Emily Martens, Raadhika Venkatesh, Izzy T. Vaccarino, Anthony L. Vaccarino   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An investigation of Mathematical Literacy assessment supported by an application of Rasch measurement

Pythagoras, 2014
Mathematical Literacy (ML) is a relatively new school subject that learners study in the final 3 years of high school and is examined as a matric subject.
Caroline Long, Sarah Bansilal, Rajan Debba   +2 more
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Novel insights regarding the measurement properties of the SCOPA-AUT

BMC Neurology, 2022
Background The Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson’s disease for Autonomic symptoms (SCOPA-AUT) is an instrument intended to assess overall and domain-specific autonomic symptom burden.
Albert Westergren, Klas Wictorin, Oskar Hansson, Peter Hagell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source