...
1991); plans and intentions (Carberry, 1990; Lit-
man and Allen, 1990; Gross and Sidner, 1986);
prosody (Grosz and Hirschberg, 1992; Hirschberg
and Gross, 1992; Hirschberg and Pierrehumbert, ... 1991; Gross and Sidner,
1986; Linde, 1979); and tense (Webber, 1988; Hwang
and Schubert, 1992; Song and Cohen, 1991). How-
ever, there is weak consensus on the nature of seg-
ments and the criteria ...
constrain and be constrained by disparate phe-
nomena: cue phrases (Hirschberg and Litman,
1993; Gross and Sidner, 1986; Reichman, 1985; Co-
hen, 1984); lexical cohesion (Morris and Hirst,...
...
appears inadequate reliability with the rather low reliability coefficient (0.53) and low
difficulty and discriminability index and is not valid enough with many weak items and
unbalanced parts. ... brief discussion about reliabilityand validity.
2.3.1 Test Reliability
Reliability has been defined in different ways by different authors. Perhaps the best
way to look at reliability is the extent ... is expressed as a number ranging between 0 and 1.00, with r = 0 revealing no reliability
and r = 1.00 indicating perfect reliability. An acceptable reliability coefficient must not be
below...
... highs, such as
those we trade and those O'Neil trades. So before you get too excited about a
four-week-plus flag or cup -and- handle breakout in a strong RS and EPS stock in
a leading group, ... volume since the trading range started. (See
Figure 2.)
How To Use Volume And Technicals To Improve Reliability
And Profitability Of Breakouts
By Mark Boucher
Investors following a strategy ... four-week-plus flags or five-week-plus cup -and- handles, you need
to know all the variables that can help you improve the percentage of these
trades that are profitable and/ or can help you highlight stocks...
... variation (CV) and standard deviations (SD) between the
first and second 6-MWT (T1–T2), the second and third 6-MWT (T2–T3), the third
and fourth 6-MWT (T3–T4), and the fourth and fifth 6-MWT ... The
mean CV and SD, respectively, reached 4.0% and 5.0
beats·min
Ϫ1
(Table 3). On the other hand, no HR difference
was noted between tests 1 and 3 performed in the morning
and tests 2, 4, and 5 performed ... first three laps and only 1.58 Ϯ 0.07 m·s
Ϫ1
during
the others (Table 4). On the other hand, the predicted
6-MWT distances by using the equations of Enright and
Sherill (10) and Gibbons et al....
... different
for all the MOS subscales and the VAS scale (Tables 3
and 4).
Discussion
We performed the feasibility andreliability of the MOS to
measure HRQoL among HIV positive and HIV negative
patien ts ... managers and
clinicians to understand the functioning and well being
of TB patients so that individual patient specific needs
are addressed to attain the best clinical or treatment
outcome, and thus ... patients
and 4) women would have better HRQoL compared to
HIV positive patients and men, respectively.
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your understanding and help
in my ambition to be both‚ a
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partner
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frequency-bands (called subbands), which are often denoted as coarse scale
approximation (lowpass subband) and detail signal (highpass subband). Then,
the same procedure is ... DETECTION AND CORRELATION: Challenges and Solutions
by Christopher Kruegel‚ Fredrik Valeur and Giovanni Vigna; ISBN: 0-387-23398-9
THE AUSTIN PROTOCOL COMPILER by Tommy M. McGuire and Mohamed...
... denoted X
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Simple linear regression and
correlation
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and slope (respectively) of the least squares or
regression line given by:
(Recall: this is an application of the least squares
method and it produces...
... moderate
to strong negative correlation between SOC on the one
hand and anxiety, depression and distress on the other
hand, as well as positive correlations to quality of life and
subjectively gauged ... mistle-
toe therapy [35]. In fact, we can confirm strong
correlations between the SRQ and the ICS and inner resil-
ience and coherence scale and moderate with the thermo
coherence scale. Despite ... constipation
etc. Of outstanding relevance is the strong correlation
between "Inner Resilience and Coherence" and EORTC's
"Emotional Functioning" (r = 0.73) and "Global Health"
(r...
... scaling assumptions,
reliability and validity in healthy men and women
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2
and Adrian Sleigh
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Correlations between items and hypothesized scale, corrected for overlap
b
Number of items out of k with correlation ≥ 0.40
c
Correlations between items and other scales
d ... ceiling and floor effects could be reduced with use of
Version 2 of the SF-36, and that refinement of items in the
Social Functioning, Vitality and Mental Health scales
could improve reliability and...
... summary score
and PTSD and depression scores than the PCS summary
score. A low correlation was considered to be below 0.30,
a moderate correlation between 0.30 and 0.60, and a
strong correlation ... PCS and MCS summary scores, and then examin-
ing inter-instrument correlations between the SF-8 items
and PCS and MCS summary scores with the HTQ and
HSCL-25 which were used to measure PTSD and ... correlation with MCS, and PTSD and
depression. Vitality is a more general measure and evi-
dence from studies on the SF-12 and SF-36 suggest it cor-
relates with both PCS and MCS components, and the
developers...
... complications of type I and type II dia-
betes. Painful DPN may affect sleep, work, social activities
and relations, physical mobility, levels of anxiety and
depression and energy [14-16], thus ... verifying item convergent and discriminant criteria; construct validity was evaluated
by examining the relationships between MOS-Sleep scores and sleep interference and pain scores, and SF-36 scores; ... problems index. Item
convergent and discriminant criteria were satisfied with item-scale correlations for hypothesized dimensions higher than 0.40
and tending to exceed the correlations of items with...
... Cronbach's alpha and was found to be 0.902 for total impact
of IPFAM. For construct validity the correlation between total impact score of IPFAM and WeeFIM
was r = -0,532 (p < 0.001) and the correlation ... translation proce-
dures and preliminary probe in the target population; and
phase II, which involves the reliabilityand validation
Table 2: Data related to the IPFAM dimensions, WeeFIM and physiotherapist's ... purposes)
Health and Quality of Life
Outcomes
Open Access
Research
Turkish version of impact on family scale: a study of reliabilityand
validity
Nilgun Bek, I Engin Simsek, Suat Erel, Yavuz Yakut and Fatma...
... the GSRS and
QOLRAD, respectively, were as follows: South Africa,
2.7% and 2.7%; Germany, 6.4% and 12.7%; Hungary,
8.8% and 8.8%; Italy, 6.3% and 1.1%; Poland, 0.7% and
0.7%; Spain, 0.6% and 0.6%. ... Reflux and Dyspepsia
Questionnaire (QOLRAD) and 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) domains (Pearson's product moment correlation ≥ 3).
Questionnaire
and domain
SF-36 domain andcorrelation ... purposes)
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Open Access
Research
Reliability and validity of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating
Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia
(QOLRAD)...