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CONTEXT OF USING RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY MEASURES - Relevance of correlation in the study of causation
Walter AMEDZRO ST-HILAIRE, PhD - In: Global Journal of Strategies, Governance & Applied Economics 3, 1, pp. 6-22
The article describes the contexts of using measures of reliability and validity in management while specifying how … shows that measuring validity and fidelity is required for qualitative and quantitative researches to enhance their … performance. Hence, the validity depends not only on the search process but also the context in which the research is conducted. …
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Results on the Standard Error of the Coefficient Alpha Index of Reliability
Duhachek, Adam; Coughlan, Anne T.; Iacobucci, Dawn - In: Marketing Science 24 (2005) 2, pp. 294-301
reliability by decreasing the precision of the estimation. We also examined the question of “equilibrium” scale length, showing …
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Burnout in a customer services environment / C. Campbell
Campbell, Charlene - 2003
construct validity and internal consistencyof the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (MBI-GS) (Schaufeli, Leiter … coefficients wereused to assess the internal consistency and construct validity of the MBI-GS. Descriptivestatistics were used to …
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The validation of two burnout measures in the South African earthmoving equipment industry / A.M. le Roux
Le Roux, Anleri Martha - 2004
The objectives of this study were to validate the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey(MBI-GS) and the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), to determine the construct equivalenceand item bias of these instruments for employees in an earthmoving equipment industry in South&ca of different...
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Psychologist hand scoring error rates on the Rothwell Miller Interest Blank: A comparison of three job allocation systems
Goddard, Richard; Simons, Roland H.; Patton, Wendy A.; … - 2004
Hand scoring errors are known to occur on a range of psychological tests. The present study conducts an investigation into the existence of scoring errors by 27 professional occupational psychologists using the Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank (RMIB; Miller, Tyler & Rothwell, 1994). Building on...
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The power of using video data
Wang, Tz-Li; Lien, Ya-Hui - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 47 (2013) 5, pp. 2933-2941
standards to examine the validity and reliability of qualitative research studies (credibility, transferability, dependability …
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When Less is More: A Short Version of the Personal Optimism Scale and the Self-Efficacy Optimism Scale
Gavrilov-Jerković, Vesna; Jovanović, Veljko; … - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 15 (2014) 2, pp. 455-474
. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis and content validity support shortening the scale to 9 items. The short … versions of the scales demonstrated adequate reliability in internal consistency and adequate concurrent and convergent … validity by significant correlations with dispositional optimism, general self-efficacy, hope, resilience and subjective well …
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Happiness in Italy: Translation, Factorial Structure and Norming of the Subjective Happiness Scale in a Large Community Sample
Iani, Luca; Lauriola, Marco; Layous, Kristin; … - In: Social Indicators Research 118 (2014) 3, pp. 953-967
. Significant correlations with satisfaction items, anxiety and depression provided evidence for concurrent validity. These findings …
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“As a Shepherd Divideth his Sheep from the Goats”: Does the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale Encapsulate Separable Theistic and Civility Components?
Schuurmans-Stekhoven, James - In: Social Indicators Research 110 (2013) 1, pp. 131-146
evidence confirms a single underlying factor. The current paper evaluates the DSES’s development, factor structure, reliability … and convergent and predictive validity using a community sample. Despite the full DSES scale’s excellent internal … reliability, two related factors—theism and civility—are identified. Both scales are reliable and converge meaningfully with …
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Escala Pessoal de Resultados
Simões, Cristina; Santos, Sofia - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 1065-1077
The present article aims to examine the validity and reliability of the Portuguese version of Personal Outcomes Scale …-cultural adaptation, culminating with an evaluation of 10 experts for the quantitative evidence of the content validity. All EPR’s items … showed an excellent internal consistency (α = .94). EPR’s construct validity indexes are also reported and discussed. The …
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