简介:Validityandreliability,aswealllearnedinourfirstresearchmethodsclass,aretwoofthemostimportantqualitiesofanytest,measurementorassessment.Whencomparedwithvalidity,reliabilityisactuallymoreimportantsincewithoutit,therewouldbenovalidity.Sincereliabilityissoimportant,almostallresearchjournalstodayhavesomearticlesrelatedtoreliability.Unfortunately,manyofthesearticlesfailtoreport
简介:Thepapermakesastudyonsixparts,namely,speaking,writing,sentence,cloze,readingandlisteninginanEnglishtestwithstudentsattwodifferentproficiencylevels.Theirscoredatawerestudiedthroughreliabilityanalysis,validityanalysis,factoranalysisandanalysisofvariance(ANOVA)toconductthevalidationofthisEnglishtest.Thepapertriestoexplorethescoredatainternalconsistency,groupdifferencerecognitiontomaintaintheobjectivityandaccuracyinEnglishtests.
简介:Allhumanslearnabouttheworldthroughfivesensesastheyarethefirstcontactpointwheninformationentersthebrain.TheVARKlearningstyleinventoryisthesoleassessmenttooltomeasureanindividual’slearningpreferenceintermsofsenses.VARKrepresentsvisual(V),aural(A),read/write(R),andkinaesthetic(K).TheaimofthisstudywastoexaminethereliabilityofVARKquestionnaireversion7.8inChineselearnerswithfourmultitrait-multimethodconfirmatoryfactoranalysis(MTMM-CFA)modelsforfurtherresearchstudy.Atotalof177Chinesenursingundergraduateswererecruited.Theresultsshowedthatcorrelatedtrait-correlateduniqueness(CTCU)wasthebest-fitmodeltotheVARKscoresandthereliabilityestimatesforthescoresoftheVARKsubscalesrangedfrom0.69-0.84.Amongthese177nursingstudents,therewere46(26%)visuallearners,27(15.3%)aurallearners,11(6.2%)read/writelearners,21(11.9%)kinaestheticlearners,and72(40.7%)multi-modallearners.
简介:以便评估水分发系统的地震可靠性并且相应地做康复决定,估计管道损坏状态并且基于管子漏模型进行功能的分析是必要的。当地震发生了时,水分发系统不停地与漏服务。由与漏在管道的中心增加一个虚拟节点,压力驱动的分析的一条有效途径为模仿许多低相对情形被开发,并且一个水力的漏模型也被造与地震损坏执行水供应网络的水力的分析。然后,mean-first-order-second-moment方法被用来分析水分发系统的地震有用性。根据评价分析,被破坏或突现地在重漏被孤立并且修理的管子,它改进了水供应网络的能力并且将为提高系统的地震可靠性组成基础。水分发系统上的地震可靠性和康复决定分析的建议途径被表明通过案例研究有效。
简介:Background:TheGlobalPhysicalActivityQuestionnaire(GPAQ)hasbeenusedtomeasurephysicalactivity(PA)andsedentarytimeinFrance,butnostudyhasassesseditspsychometricproperties.ThisstudyaimedtocomparethereliabilityaswellascriterionandconcurrentvalidityoftheFrenchversionoftheGPAQwiththeFrenchInternationalPhysicalActivityQuestionnairelongform(IPAQ-LF)anduseofanaccelerometerinageneraladultpopulation.Methods:Weincluded92participants(studentsorstaff)fromtheMedicineCampusattheUniversityofLorraine,Nancy(north-easternFrance).TheFrenchGPAQwascompletedtwice,7daysapart,tostudytest-retestreliability.TheIPAQ-LFwasusedtoassessconcurrentvalidityoftheGPAQ,andparticipantsworeanaccelerometer(ActiGraphGT3X+)for7daystostudycriterionvalidity.ReliabilityaswellasconcurrentandcriterionvalidityoftheGPAQweretestedbytheintraclasscorrelationcoefficient(ICC),Spearmancorrelationcoefficientforquantitativevariables,andKappaandPhicoefficientsforqualitativevariables.BothconcurrentandcriterionvalidityofGPAQwereassessedbyBland-Altmanplots.Results:TheGPAQshowedpoortogoodreliability(ICC=0.37-0.94;Kappa=0.50-0.62)andconcurrentvalidity(Spearmanr=0.41-0.86),butonlypoorcriterionvalidity(Spearmanr=-0.22-0.42).LimitsofagreementfortheGPAQandaccelerometerwerewide,withdifferencesbetween286.5min/weekand601.3min/week.Conclusion:TheFrenchversionoftheGPAQprovideslimitedbutacceptablereliabilityandvalidityforthemeasurementofPAandsedentarytime.ItmaybeusedforassessingPAandsedentarytimeinaFrenchadultpopulation.
简介:Purpose:Theprimaryaimofthisstudywastodevelopanassessmentofthefundamental,combined,andcomplexmovementskillsrequiredtosupportchildhoodphysicalliteracy.Thesecondaryaimwastoestablishthefeasibility,objectivity,andreliabilityevidencefortheassessment.Methods:Anexpertadvisorygrouprecommendedacourseformatfortheassessmentthatwouldrequirechildrentocompleteaseriesofdynamicmovementskills.Criterion-referencedskillperformanceandcompletiontimeweretherecommendedformsofevaluation.Children,8–12yearsofage,self-reportedtheirageandgenderandthencompletedthestudyassessmentswhileattendinglocalschoolsordaycamps.FacevaliditywaspreviouslyestablishedthroughaDelphiexpert(n=19,21%female)reviewprocess.Convergentvaliditywasevaluatedbyageandgenderassociationswithassessmentperformance.Inter-andintra-rater(n=53,34%female)objectivityandtest–retest(n=60,47%female)reliabilitywereassessedthroughrepeatedtestadministration.Results:Mediantotalscorewas21of28points(range5–28).Mediancompletiontimewas17s.Totalscoreswerefeasibleforall995childrenwhoself-reportedageandgender.Totalscoredidnotdifferbetweeninsideandoutsideenvironments(95%confidenceinterval(CI)ofdifference:-0.7to0.6;p=0.91)orwith/withoutfootwear(95%CIofdifference:-2.5to1.9;p=0.77).Olderage(p<0.001,η2=0.15)andmalegender(p<0.001,η2=0.02)wereassociatedwithahighertotalscore.Inter-raterobjectivityevidencewasexcellent(intraclasscorrelationcoefficient(ICC)=0.99)forcompletiontimeandsubstantialforskillscore(ICC=0.69)for104attemptsby53children(34%female).Intra-raterobjectivitywasmoderate(ICC=0.52)forskillscoreandexcellentforcompletiontime(ICC=0.99).Reliabilitywasexcellentforcompletiontimeoverashort(2–4days;ICC=0.84)orlong(8–14days;ICC=0.82)interval.Skillscorereliabilitywasmoderate(ICC=0.46)overashortinterval,a