Sentences with phrase «validity studies show»

Validity studies show results are 90 % -95 % accurate.

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Does it have any validity, not really and sighting that study is showing the fact that there is no new studies that support gay lifestyle.

In order to discredit the study that shows a nearly 1000 % increase in stillbirth, Wendy Gordon and MANA apparently feel they have no choice but to deceive their followers, since telling the truth would require accepting the validity of the paper.

Although in this study information on breastfeeding practice was reliant upon maternal recall at 9 months, breastfeeding figures are in agreement with data collected prospectively in the UK Infant Feeding Survey conducted in 2000.32 Likewise, the validity of maternal recall of the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery has been shown to be accurate.33 We were unable to adjust for maternal intention to breastfeed at antenatal booking, a factor shown to be important in previous studies34 as this information was not collected in the survey.

Early Krosnick research («Maximizing Questionnaire Quality», 1999) saw ranking questions as having greater predictive validity, but a number of studies since, include his own later research, show rating questions as having greater validity (Krosnick, Thomas, and Shaeffer, 2003; Maio, Roese, Seligman, Katz, 1996).

«Our study shows the validity of two scales for assessing how cognitive impairments are associated with many substance disorders including alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and one's ability to function well in important interpersonal or occupational areas,» said Efrat Aharonovich, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, and first author.

All our four study groups had test scores very close to the average, which is reassuring — and shows the high validity of the study.»

Some studies show that WBC is effective against delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) in athletes, however a meta - analysis of studies didn't find the same results and questioned the validity of earlier studies.

Along with the results of Hill's validity study, state education officials created this interactive map showing «how many students in each school district experienced computer interruptions during ISTEP testing in Spring 2013.»

Astonishingly, however, the same study shows that in times of crisis the number of visas with limited territorial validity issued for humanitarian reasons decreases dramatically.

Results: Reliability and validity of the scale and its four subscales, such as «stop unpleasant emotions and thoughts» (a = 0.92) «used problem - focused coping» (a = 0.71), Self - efficacy on diabetes problem solving (a = 0.74) and «get support from friends and family» (a = 0.67) were approved explicitly by a psychometric analysis; these show that the scale was slightly valid and reliable on the study setting.

As shown above, these studies provided several points of validity evidence of the PNS - J.

Study 2 examined correlation between the PNS - J and other related variables (big - five personality traits and need for cognition) to show convergent and discriminant evidence of validity of the PNS - J, and evaluated test - retest reliability of the scale.

Behavioral expectations have shown greater predictive validity than intentions [41], and were assessed in this study.

The study ratings are 1 element in the criteria established by DHHS for evidence - based program models, which require program models to be supported by studies with strong internal validity showing favorable impacts (Appendix B).

The Australian Early Development Index is an adaption of the Canadian Early Development Instrument.6, 7 It has been the subject of numerous reliability and validity studies.8 — 13 Studies have also shown teacher ratings on the questionnaire to be more reliable and consistent than parent ratings, 11,14 and that these ratings predict later educational outcomes.8, 15 In addition to the developmental data, the AEDI census also provides information on any special needs the child might have, the child's care and educational arrangements prior to enrolling at school as well as demographic data, attendance and geographical information about where the childstudies.8 — 13 Studies have also shown teacher ratings on the questionnaire to be more reliable and consistent than parent ratings, 11,14 and that these ratings predict later educational outcomes.8, 15 In addition to the developmental data, the AEDI census also provides information on any special needs the child might have, the child's care and educational arrangements prior to enrolling at school as well as demographic data, attendance and geographical information about where the childStudies have also shown teacher ratings on the questionnaire to be more reliable and consistent than parent ratings, 11,14 and that these ratings predict later educational outcomes.8, 15 In addition to the developmental data, the AEDI census also provides information on any special needs the child might have, the child's care and educational arrangements prior to enrolling at school as well as demographic data, attendance and geographical information about where the child lives.

In assessing the construct validity of the FIRO, these studies all accept Schutz's basic dimensions of interpersonal personality, seeking to show whether these dimensions are independent.

In summary, previous studies using the ULS - 6 showed adequate reliability and validity in the Portuguese culture.

An analysis of the mall study shows that beyond the external misrepresentations, internal scientific methodological errors cast doubt on the validity of the claims that have been attributed to the mall study within scholarly and legal arenas.

The reliability and validity of this structured interview are well documented in studies of outpatient and inpatient samples, 27 and 5 psychometric studies have shown mean sensitivities of 0.66 to 0.83 and mean specificities of 0.78 to 0.88.22,23 Combined diagnoses were generated via the Silverman - Nelles28 procedure for integrating youth and parent reports, in which all diagnoses generated by both informants are accepted: all diagnoses generated by the child's report are accepted if internalizing (and thus potentially more evident to youths than adults [eg, anxiety or depressive disorders]-RRB-, and all diagnoses generated by the parent's report are accepted if externalizing (eg, oppositional defiant disorder).

Weighted - average correlation coefficients between equivalent pairs of SDQ and Child Behavior Checklist subscales11 from 9 parent - reported studies were uniformly strong and positive (range: 0.52 < r < 0.71).10 Several studies showed strong correlations between SDQ subscales and «real world» outcomes such as clinical diagnoses (criterion validity); SDQ scores identified school - aged children with concurrent behavioral and emotional disorders, including attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder / Asperger syndrome (ASD / AS), and predicted their occurrence 3 years later.4, 12,13 However, multitrait - multimethod analyses have not provided consistently strong evidence of discriminant validity of the school - age SDQ subscales.

Interestingly, the promising external validity of the FEEL - KJ has now also received support from two other studies in which relations were shown with binge eating [15], depressive symptoms [14,15], and with the DSM symptom clusters affective problems, somatic problems, conduct problems, and ADHD problems [14].

This study also shows that both WFC and WFE have adequate internal consistency and good concurrent validity.

Several studies have addressed the validity of the parent - reported SDQ in school - aged samples, predominantly confirming the intended 5 - factor structure.5, 6 A 3 - factor configuration of externalizing (conduct problems and hyperactivity), internalizing (emotional and peer problems), and prosocial factors has also been proposed and suggested for use in epidemiologic studies and in low - risk populations.7, 8 The internal reliability of SDQ subscales has been predominantly examined by using Cronbach's α, a measure of the interrelatedness of items; however, α estimates are a lower bound for reliability and is often underestimated.9 A meta - analytic review reported weighted mean α coefficients extracted from 26 studies that showed generally modest reliabilities for parent reports (0.53 < α < 0.76).10 McDonald's ω, which estimates the proportion of a scale measuring a construct, typically yields higher reliability estimates but has rarely been used to assess reliability of the SDQ.

Our study confirms that the Spanish version of the 10 - item CD - RISC shows, in patients with fibromyalgia, acceptable psychometric properties, with a high level of reliability and validity.

The CSI has shown satisfactory internal consistency (alpha =.69 -.94)[44,45] and good test - retest reliability (r =.67 -.83) in young adults [44] and concurrent validity with other measures of coping [46](this study, alphaengagement =.89, alphadisengagement =.86).

Methodological evidence collected in the WHO - CIDI Field Trials and later clinical calibration studies showed that all the disorders considered herein were assessed with acceptable reliability and validity both in the original CIDI38 and in the original version of the WMH - CIDI.39 Studies of cross-national comparability in the validity of the WMH - CIDI are currently unstudies showed that all the disorders considered herein were assessed with acceptable reliability and validity both in the original CIDI38 and in the original version of the WMH - CIDI.39 Studies of cross-national comparability in the validity of the WMH - CIDI are currently unStudies of cross-national comparability in the validity of the WMH - CIDI are currently underway.