A Systematic Review Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent or Caregiver Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment: Part 1: Content Validity [PDF]
Aims: Child maltreatment (CM) is a serious public health issue, affecting over half of all children globally. Although most CM is perpetrated by parents or caregivers and their reports of CM is more accurate than professionals or children, parent or ...
Aunio, Pirjo +4 more
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The impact of job complexity and study design on situational and behavior description interview validity [PDF]
The primary purpose of this investigation was to test two key characteristics hypothesized to influence the validity of situational (SI) and behavior description (BDI) structured interviews.
Conway, James M. +3 more
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Results of an attempt to reproduce the STAP phenomenon [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
In 2014, Obokata and colleagues reported their observation of a novel cell reprogramming phenomenon they named ‘stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency’ (STAP).
Shinichi Aizawa
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The way in which validity has been conceptualized has changed throughout the years. The focus in validation studies shifted from evaluating distinct components of validity to developing a comprehensive argument for the use and interpretations of test scores.
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Beyond the Pragmatic Definition? The Right to Non-discrimination of Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Coercive Interventions [PDF]
According to a longstanding definition of non-discrimination, differential treatment does not constitute discrimination if the purpose or effect of the differential treatment is to achieve a legitimate aim and if the differential treatment can be ...
Sándor Gurbai
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Service validity and service reliability of search, experience and credence services: A scenario study [PDF]
The purpose of this research is to add to our understanding of the antecedents of customer satisfaction by examining the effects of service reliability (Is the service “correctly” produced?) and service validity (Is the “correct” service produced?) of ...
Galetzka, Mirjam +2 more
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A typology of validity: content, face, convergent, discriminant, nomological and predictive validity [PDF]
Purpose – Research serves to elucidate and tackle real-world issues (e.g. capitalizing opportunities and solving problems). Critical to research is the concept of validity, which gauges the extent to which research is adequate and appropriate in ...
Weng Marc Lim
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Social Validity Assessment in Social Competence Interventions for Preschool Children: A Review [PDF]
Social competence intervention studies published from 1970 to 2008 for preschoolers were reviewed for reports of social validity assessment. Analysis of 90 studies indicated that nearly 27% (n=24) of studies reported at least one measure of social ...
Hurley, Jennifer J
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ObjectivePulse-wave velocity (PWV), a common measure of arterial stiffness, can be measured continuously and across multiple body sites using photoplethysmography (PPG).
Gabriel Zieff +9 more
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Construct validity of the Nepalese school leaving english reading test [PDF]
There has been a steady interest in investigating the validity of language tests in the last decades. Despite numerous studies on construct validity in language testing, there are not many studies examining the construct validity of a reading test.
Dawadi, Saraswati, Shrestha, Prithvi N.
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