Psychometric properties of an instrument 3: convergent, discriminant, known-groups, and criterion validity [PDF]
Before evaluating convergent, discriminant, and known-groups validity, it is suggested to design an instrument that reflects hypothetical relationships or differences with other comparator instruments or groups.
Eun-Hyun Lee
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Diagnostic Accuracy of the RIPASA Score in Suspected Acute Appendicitis in Adults: A Cross-sectional Study Comparing it with Histopathological Findings from Bagalkot, India [PDF]
Introduction: Acute appendicitis remains the most commonly occurring surgical emergency, with a prevalence rate of approximately 8% among individuals aged 10-30 years.
C Shobha +2 more
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Is Construct Validation Valid? [PDF]
What makes a measure of well-being valid? The dominant approach today, construct validation, uses psychometrics to ensure that questionnaires behave in accordance with background knowledge. Our first claim is interpretive—construct validation obeys a coherentist logic that seeks to balance diverse sources of evidence about the construct in question ...
Alexandrova, A, Haybron, DM
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Validated or Not Validated? That Is the Question [PDF]
deviation estimates were … acceptable as they are
John M S, Bartlett +2 more
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Reappraisal of the Reasons for the Validity of the Mu‘āṭāt Sale from Imam Khomeini’s Perspective
One of the controversial issues of sale in Imāmī jurisprudence is bay‘-i mu‘āṭāt (give-and-take sale). Therefore, it is necessary to examine the reasons behind the authenticity of this kind of sale.
mohammad kakavand +2 more
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IntroductionThe current cross-sectional study aimed to examine the reliability, construct validity, gender invariance and concurrent validity of the psychological control scale-youth self-report (PCS-YSR) among Iranian adolescents.MethodsA total of 1,453
Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad +8 more
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Are cluster validity measures (in) valid?
Internal cluster validity measures (such as the Calinski-Harabasz, Dunn, or Davies-Bouldin indices) are frequently used for selecting the appropriate number of partitions a dataset should be split into. In this paper we consider what happens if we treat such indices as objective functions in unsupervised learning activities.
Gagolewski, Marek +2 more
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Changing Swabs: To Validate or Not To Validate? [PDF]
A widely perceived requirement for validation of all new specimen collection swabs by the laboratory appears to be the result of misinformation. Neither the College of American Pathologists (CAP) nor regulations through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) address specifically ...
J Michael, Miller +2 more
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Measure of Processes of Care (MPOC-56 and 20): Turkish adaptation, reliability, and validity study
Background. The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish versions of the Measure of Processes of Care, MPOC-56 and MPOC-20, in children with disability aged 5-17 years. Methods.
Duygu Türker +3 more
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Methodological Status of Moral Psychology Scales in Iran: A Systematic Review [PDF]
The purpose of the study was to investigate the conceptual and psychometric status of ethics scales in Iranian research from 1350 to 1399. The research method was a systematic review based on the COSMIN checklist in three indexes of validity, reliability,
hamid Rafiei-honar, Hamidraza Hasanabadi
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