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Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety: exploring validity with robust measures of classical theory parameters and a rating scale model in university students

BJPsych Open
Background No research has assessed Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRSA) psychometric properties in Ethiopian university students, using item response theory (IRT) and classical theory.
Md Dilshad Manzar, Faizan Z. Kashoo, Mohammed Salahuddin, Dejene Nureye, Habtamu Acho Addo, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Amir H. Pakpour, Ahmed S. Bahammam   +7 more
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Black- White Differences in Predictive Validity of Depressive Symptoms for Subsequent Major Depression

Frontiers in Public Health, 2016
BackgroundBlack- White differences are shown in psychosocial and medical correlates of depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder (MDD). The current longitudinal study compared Blacks and Whites for the association between baseline depressive ...
Ehsan eMoazen Zadeh, Shervin eAssari
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Validity of the Hadronic Freeze-Out Curve

, 2011
We analyze hadro-chemical freeze-out in central Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies, employing the hybrid version of UrQMD which models hadronization by the Cooper-Frye mechanism, and matches to a final hadron-resonance cascade. We fit the results both
F Becattini, Karsch F, M Bleicher, M Mitrovski, McLerran L, R Stock, Stock R, T Kollegger, T Schuster   +8 more
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Expressing Validity: Towards a Self-Sufficient Inferentialism [PDF]

, 2020
For semantic inferentialists, the basic semantic concept is validity. An inferentialist theory of meaning should offer an account of the meaning of "valid." If one tries to add a validity predicate to one's object language, however, one runs into ...
Hlobil, Ulf
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The validity of collaborative assessment for learning [PDF]

, 2007
This article explores the features relating to the validity of assessment for learning, in particular the features of a collaborative assessment for learning, because of the learning benefits associated with collaborative learning.
Hargreaves, Eleanore
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RaMBat: Accurate identification of medulloblastoma subtypes from diverse data sources with severe batch effects

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
To integrate multiple transcriptomics data with severe batch effects for identifying MB subtypes, we developed a novel and accurate computational method named RaMBat, which leveraged subtype‐specific gene expression ranking information instead of absolute gene expression levels to address batch effects of diverse data sources.
Mengtao Sun, Jieqiong Wang, Shibiao Wan
wiley   +1 more source

Designing and Preliminary Validation of an Azerbaijani-Turkish Grammar Comprehension Test for 4-6 Years Old Children [PDF]

Journal of Rehabilitation
Objective Grammar is a key element of language knowledge and a factor in predicting language learning and success. Early diagnosis of grammatical errors in children before entering school is very important.
Fatemeh Fekar Gharamaleki, Akbar Darouie, Abbas Ebadi, Talieh Zarifian, Hourieh Ahadi   +4 more
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Assessment of Validity and Reliability of Attitudes to Health Professionals Questionnaire (AHPQ) in Iran [PDF]

Pizhūhish dar Āmūzish-i ̒ulūm-i Pizishkī, 2015
Introduction: Collaboration among care team in order to improving the quality of patient care is necessary in this regards and by considering the importance of health care team members' attitudes in this relationship and need for assessing tools that are
M Najafi, N Kohan, M Najafi, H Mohammadzadeh Esmaily, M Shirazi   +4 more
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Validity and Reliability of Scores Obtained on Multiple-Choice Questions: Why Functioning Distractors Matter

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
Purpose Plausible distractors are important for accurate measurement of knowledge via multiple-choice questions (MCQs). This study demonstrates the impact of higher distractor functioning on validity and reliability of scores obtained on MCQs.
Syed Haris Ali, Patrick A. Carr, Kenneth G. Ruit   +2 more
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Continuity equation and local gauge invariance for the N3LO nuclear Energy Density Functionals

, 2011
Background: The next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (N3LO) nuclear energy density functional extends the standard Skyrme functional with new terms depending on higher-order derivatives of densities, introduced to gain better precision in the nuclear ...
A. Messiah, B. G. Carlsson, D. A. Varshalovich, F. Raimondi, G. F. Bertsch, G. F. Giuliani, J. Dobaczewski, J. P. Blaizot, J. Toivanen, K. F. Riley, P. Ring   +10 more
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