The discussion of this extensive topic, which is of especially great interest for the methodology of measurement in psychology and sociology, will be based on a critical analysis of contemporary literature. This analysis will then allow us to estimate which concepts ought to be rejected and which ...
Thus, according to most writers on research methodology, the Thurstone-type scale despite this weakness may be said to constitute a reasonably satisfactory ordinal scale. In practice, if individuals agreed with only a few contiguous items on the scale, the Thurstone scale would provide highly satisf...
MeasurementResearch MethodologyDeveloping CountriesThis article introduces two scales for measuring the gender-specific burden of family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) in rural China, following the implementation of a client-oriented approach to FP/RH. One scale (GHRHS-SC) measures FP/RH...
measurement scalesstatistical testingIn elementary books on applied statistics (e.g., Siegel, 1988; Agresti, 1990) and books on research methodology in psychology and personality assessment (e.g., Aiken, 1999), it is often suggested that the choice of a statistical test and the choice of ...
measurement and methodologyempirical researchtechnologyService organizations are increasingly utilizing advanced information and communication technologies, such as the Internet, in hopes of improving the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and/or quality of their customer-facing operations. More of the contact a ...
None of the scales have been tested for cross-cultural validity and measurement error. Most studies did not report any interpretability indicators and almost none had raw data available. There are 3 performance-based scale available, compared to 13 self-report scales....
andard Errors of Measurement he average standard errors of measurement (SEm) in standard score points are 3.80 for the GCA, 5.14 for the Verbal clusters, 4.85 for the Nonverbal usters, and 4.19 for the Spatial cluster. Thus you can place more confidence in scores based on the GCA than ...
After recording the dynamics of a natural process by data representation at the ‘Measurement Scale’ (Base scaling), the following scaling steps are required in the domain handling the information digitally: Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Dr. David Mark, Dr. Michael Sheridan, and Dr...
There has been a spurt of research activity regarding bluff body wakes over the past few decades which is in part triggered by the fundamental importance of wake flows [1], and in part by the plethora of practical industrial applications [2], [3]. Because of its tempting simplicity, the ...
Hyperpolarised magnetic resonance imaging (HP-13C-MRI) has shown promise as a clinical tool for detecting and characterising prostate cancer. Here we use a range of spatially resolved histological techniques to identify the biological mechanisms underpin