Results of an attempt to reproduce the STAP phenomenon [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
F1000Research, 2016 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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Relational visual cluster validity [PDF]
, 2007 The assessment of cluster validity plays a very important role in cluster analysis. Most commonly used cluster validity methods are based on statistical hypothesis testing or finding the best clustering scheme by computing a number of different cluster ...
Ding, Y., Harrison, R.F.
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Studies in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2023 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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International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2003 BACKGROUND Physical inactivity is a global concern, but diverse physical activity measures in use prevent international comparisons. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was developed as an instrument for cross-national monitoring of ...
C. Craig +10 more
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Beyond the Pragmatic Definition? The Right to Non-discrimination of Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Coercive Interventions [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2020 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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A typology of validity: content, face, convergent, discriminant, nomological and predictive validity [PDF]
Journal of Trade SciencePurpose – 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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The impact of job complexity and study design on situational and behavior description interview validity [PDF]
, 2004 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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Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997 OBJECTIVE To describe the psychometric properties of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime version (K-SADS-PL) interview, which surveys additional disorders not assessed in prior K-SADS ...
J. Kaufman +9 more
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Metrical Characteristics of the Childfit Battery of Tests for Measuring Motor Achievements in Preschool Children [PDF]
Revija za Elementarno Izobraževanje, 2019 The aim of this research is to evaluate the Childfit Battery of Tests measuring early and preschool children’s motor achievements. The test items that determine the content validity were systematically analysed, the test – retest procedure applied and ...
Vilko Petrić
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A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling
, 2015 Discriminant validity assessment has become a generally accepted prerequisite for analyzing relationships between latent variables. For variance-based structural equation modeling, such as partial least squares, the Fornell-Larcker criterion and the ...
J. Henseler, C. Ringle, M. Sarstedt
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