Sentences with phrase «reliability of specific items»

Developing criteria for establishing interrater reliability of specific items: Applications to assessment of adaptive behavior

Not exact matches

Fifteen - item versions of the scale demonstrate acceptable reliability (α = 0.79 to 0.87) 46, 47 and studies have worked with only 9 items, namely 3 items per subscale.48 — 50 This study uses a modified version of the 9 - item short scale.48 — 50 One item («I get along with people I come into contact with») was replaced with another item from the original scale («I really like the people I interact with») based on recommendations that wording in scale items be as specific, concrete and non-ambiguous as possible.51 The 9 - item questionnaire has three subscales with three items each: autonomy, competency and relatedness.

It is therefore essential that the reliability and validity of the SDQ continues to be assessed across differing cultural settings, particularly in situations such as in China, where issues of tradition or social structure and organization may result in subtle alterations in the meaning of specific items which could impact on reliability and validity.