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Measurement Error Properties in an Accelerometer Sample of U.S. Elementary School Children

Beyler, Nicholas; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Bleeker, Martha; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

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Professional Practice, Student Surveys, and Value-Added: Multiple Measures of Teacher Effectiveness in the Pittsburgh Public Schools

Chaplin, Duncan; Gill, Brian; Thompkins, Allison; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

Responding to federal and state prompting, school districts across the country are implementing new teacher evaluation systems that aim to increase the rigor of evaluation ratings,better differentiate effective teaching, and support personnel and staff development initiatives that promote...

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Calibration of Self-Report Tools for Physical Activity Research: The Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ)

Saint-Maurice, Pedro F.; Welk, Gregory J.; Beyler, … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

This study demonstrates the potential of calibrating self-reports of physical activity against objective measures of physical activity in youth, using a commonly used self-report tool called the Physical Activity Questionnaire.

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THE CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MEASUR?MENT

Krstiæ, Natasa Stojkoviæ - „Ekonomika“ Society of Economists, Niš (Serbia) - 2014

Business performance measurement plays a special role in improving the quality of decision-making and increasing … overall business efficiency. Performance measurement provides the information about the state of an organization as a system …, comprehensive, regular measurement of business performances, an organization would lose vital information for a continuous stream of …

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Focal Areas for Measuring the Human Well-Being Impacts of a Conservation Initiative

Leisher, Craig; Samberg, Leah H.; Buekering, Pieter Van; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 997-1010

Within conservation, the need to measure the impacts on people from conservation initiatives such as projects and programs is growing, but understanding and measuring the multidimensional impacts on human well-being from conservation initiatives is complex. To understand the constituent...

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Development of an optimized artificial neural network model for combined heat and power micro gas turbines

Nikpey, H.; Assadi, M.; Breuhaus, P. - In: Applied Energy 108 (2013) C, pp. 137-148

consists of a modified engine with extended measurement points providing extensive data suitable for data-driven modeling. ANNs …

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Measuring Women Empowerment: Dissecting the Methodological Discourse

Vijayamohanan, Pillai N.; Asalatha, B. P. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

As we move from the concept of empowerment to its measurement, it is natural that the complexity in the concept passes …

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Measuring Europe 2020: a new tool to assess the strategy

Pasimeni, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper aims at analysing the performances of the EU member states in the Europe 2020 Strategy and understanding the main factors of success. It builds on the Europe 2020 Index developed in Pasimeni (2011) to quantify and measure progress achieved by the 27 countries in pursuing the...

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Digit Ratio Measurement Guide

Neyse, Levent; Brañas-Garza, Pablo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

about how to make an accurate measurement in such a delicate task. Along this brief document we offer some concise guidance … of how to scan the hands using digital scanners and provide a comprehensive guideline to make a reliable measurement of … the 2D:4D. Furthermore, we point out the most common imaging and measurement errors. We also provide a number of hints …

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Job quality in Europe in the first decade of the 21st Century

Fernández-Macías, Enrique; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This article presents an analysis of the evolution of job quality from 2000 to 2010 in the European Union 15, using a newly developed composite measure of job quality that is applied to the European Working Conditions Survey. After a careful study of the evolution of job quality across the...

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