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View article: Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer
Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer Open
Scale development and validation are critical to much of the work in the health, social, and behavioral sciences. However, the constellation of techniques required for scale development and evaluation can be onerous, jargon-filled, unfamil…
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The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) version 2018 for information professionals and researchers Open
INTRODUCTION: Appraising the quality of studies included in systematic reviews combining qualitative and quantitative evidence is challenging. To address this challenge, a critical appraisal tool was developed: the Mixed Methods Appraisal …
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Intercoder Reliability in Qualitative Research: Debates and Practical Guidelines Open
Evaluating the intercoder reliability (ICR) of a coding frame is frequently recommended as good practice in qualitative analysis. ICR is a somewhat controversial topic in the qualitative research community, with some arguing that it is an …
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Developing rigor in qualitative research: problems and opportunities within sport and exercise psychology Open
Qualitative research has grown within sport and exercise psychology and is now widely conducted. The purpose of this review is to discuss three commonly used ways to demonstrate rigor when conducting or judging qualitative research in spor…
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Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0 Open
Improving the reproducibility of biomedical research is a major challenge. Transparent and accurate reporting is vital to this process; it allows readers to assess the reliability of the findings and repeat or build upon the work of other …
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CB-SEM vs PLS-SEM methods for research in social sciences and technology forecasting Open
This study compares the two widely used methods of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): Covariance based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) and Partial Least Squares based Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The first approach is bas…
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Factor Analysis as a Tool for Survey Analysis Open
Factor analysis is particularly suitable to extract few factors from the large number of related variables to a more manageable number, prior to using them in other analysis such as multiple regression or multivariate analysis of variance.…
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Guidelines for developing, translating, and validating a questionnaire in perioperative and pain medicine Open
The task of developing a new questionnaire or translating an existing questionnaire into a different language might be overwhelming. The greatest challenge perhaps is to come up with a questionnaire that is psychometrically sound, and is e…
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Reporting reliability, convergent and discriminant validity with structural equation modeling: A review and best-practice recommendations Open
Many constructs in management studies, such as perceptions, personalities, attitudes, and behavioral intentions, are not directly observable. Typically, empirical studies measure such constructs using established scales with multiple indic…
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Estimating ordinal reliability for Likert-type and ordinal item response data: A conceptual, empirical, and practical guide Open
This paper provides a conceptual, empirical, and practical guide for estimating ordinal reliability coefficients for ordinal item response data (also referred to as Likert, Likert-type, ordered categorical, or rating scale item responses).…
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Driving forces and barriers of Industry 4.0: Do multinational and small and medium-sized companies have equal opportunities? Open
The Fourth Industrial Revolution poses significant challenges to manufacturing companies from the technological, organizational and management points of view. This paper aims to explore how top executives interpret the concept of Industry …
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Mobile Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Energy-Efficient Internet of Things Communications Open
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Multicollinearity and Regression Analysis Open
In regression analysis it is obvious to have a correlation between the response and predictor(s), but having correlation among predictors is something undesired. The number of predictors included in the regression model depends on many fac…
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Four assumptions of multiple regression that researchers should always test Open
Most statistical tests rely upon certain assumptions about the variables used in the analysis. When these assumptions are not met the results may not be trustworthy, resulting in a Type I or Type II error, or over- or under-estimation of s…
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A Comparison of Consensus, Consistency, and Measurement Approaches to Estimating Interrater Reliability Open
This article argues that the general practice of describing interrater reliability as a single, unified concept is..at best imprecise, and at worst potentially misleading. Rather than representing a single concept, different..statistical m…
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Reliability and Inter-rater Reliability in Qualitative Research Open
What does reliability mean for building a grounded theory? What about when writing an auto-ethnography? When is it appropriate to use measures like inter-rater reliability (IRR)? Reliability is a familiar concept in traditional scientific …
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A survey on LPWA technology: LoRa and NB-IoT Open
By 2020, more than twenty five billion devices would be connected through wireless communications. In accordance with the rapid growth of the internet of things (IoT) market, low power wide area (LPWA) technologies have become popular. In …
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Development and Validation of the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS) Open
The uMARS is a simple tool that can be reliably used by end-users to assess the quality of mHealth apps.
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The chronic mild stress (CMS) model of depression: History, evaluation and usage Open
Now 30 years old, the chronic mild stress (CMS) model of depression has been used in >1300 published studies, with a year-on-year increase rising to >200 papers in 2015. Data from a survey of users show that while a variety of names are in…
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Planning and Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles Open
In this review, we provide an overview of emerging trends and challenges in the field of intelligent and autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles. Recent advances in the field of perception, planning, and decision-making for autonomous vehicl…
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Demystifying Content Analysis Open
Objective. In the course of daily teaching responsibilities, pharmacy educators collect rich data that can provide valuable insight into student learning. This article describes the qualitative data analysis method of content analysis, whi…
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A review of ASA physical status – historical perspectives and modern developments Open
Summary The American Society of Anesthesiologists ( ASA ) physical status is a tool commonly used to classify a patient's physical fitness before surgery. Since its introduction in 1941 it has undergone very few modifications to improve it…
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Best Alternatives to Cronbach's Alpha Reliability in Realistic Conditions: Congeneric and Asymmetrical Measurements Open
The Cronbach's alpha is the most widely used method for estimating internal consistency reliability. This procedure has proved very resistant to the passage of time, even if its limitations are well documented and although there are better…
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Common method bias in applied settings: The dilemma of researching in organizations Open
Authors are experiencing increasing competition for their articles to be published. One way of ensuring their work is given the best chance of being published is to underpin their research with rigorous methods that are characterized by ro…
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Resistive switching memories based on metal oxides: mechanisms, reliability and scaling Open
With the explosive growth of digital data in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), fast and scalable memory technologies are being researched for data storage and data-driven computation. Among the emerging memories, resistive switching…
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Intraclass correlation – A discussion and demonstration of basic features Open
A re-analysis of intraclass correlation (ICC) theory is presented together with Monte Carlo simulations of ICC probability distributions. A partly revised and simplified theory of the single-score ICC is obtained, together with an alternat…
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The Social Media Disorder Scale Open
There is growing evidence that social media addiction is an evolving problem, particularly among adolescents. However, the absence of an instrument measuring social media addiction hinders further development of the research field. The pre…
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Validity of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test as a cognition performance outcome measure for multiple sclerosis Open
Cognitive and motor performance measures are commonly employed in multiple sclerosis (MS) research, particularly when the purpose is to determine the efficacy of treatment. The increasing focus of new therapies on slowing progression or re…
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TWO CRITERIA FOR GOOD MEASUREMENTS IN RESEARCH: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY Open
Reliability and validity are two most important and fundamental features in the evaluation of any measurement instrument or toll for a good research. The purpose of this research is to discuss the validity and reliability of measurement in…
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eTransQual: A transaction process-based approach for capturing service quality in online shopping Open
Existing e-service quality scales mainly focus on goal-oriented e-shopping behavior excluding hedonic quality aspects. As a consequence, these scales do not fully cover all aspects of consumer's quality evaluation. In order to integrate bo…