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Screening for intellectual disability in children: a review of the literature.

Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID

McKenzie K, Megson P.
PMID: 22473951
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2012 Jan;25(1):80-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00650.x. Epub 2011 Sep 16.

BACKGROUND: Early identification of possible intellectual disability can help children and families access appropriate services and support more quickly. There has been an increasing interest in the use of screening tools for this purpose. This study reviews the literature...

The identification of children with, or at significant risk of, intellectual disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a review.

Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID

Robertson J, Hatton C, Emerson E, Yasamy MT.
PMID: 22473963
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2012 Mar;25(2):99-118. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00638.x.

BACKGROUND: Developmental monitoring of children is an important strategy for the early detection and management of intellectual disabilities (ID) in high-income countries. This review summarizes the literature on identifying children with ID in low- and middle-income (LAMI) countries.MATERIALS AND...

Validating assessments: Introduction to the Special Section.

Psicothema

Sireci S, Padilla JL.
PMID: 24444736
Psicothema. 2014;26(1):97-9. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2013.255.

BACKGROUND: Validation is the process of providing evidence that tests and questionnaires are adequately and appropriately fulfilling the purposes for which they are developed. In this special issue, experts from several countries describe specific approaches to test validation and...

Measurement and assessment: an editorial view.

Psychological assessment

Reynolds CR.
PMID: 20230146
Psychol Assess. 2010 Mar;22(1):1-4. doi: 10.1037/a0018811.

No abstract available.

Response to "A critique of the standardization of the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers".

The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

Miller LJ.
PMID: 3434610
Am J Occup Ther. 1987 Aug;41(8):537-8. doi: 10.5014/ajot.41.8.537d.

No abstract available.

Significance Testing Needs a Taxonomy: Or How the Fisher, Neyman-Pearson Controversy Resulted in the Inferential Tail Wagging the Measurement Dog.

Psychological reports

Bradley MT, Brand A.
PMID: 27502529
Psychol Rep. 2016 Oct;119(2):487-504. doi: 10.1177/0033294116662659. Epub 2016 Aug 08.

Accurate measurement and a cutoff probability with inferential statistics are not wholly compatible. Fisher understood this when he developed the F test to deal with measurement variability and to make judgments on manipulations that may be worth further study....

Assessing institutional support for Hispanic nursing student retention: a study to evaluate the psychometric properties of two self-assessment inventories.

Nursing education perspectives

Bond ML, Cason CL.
PMID: 24988716
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2014 May-Jun;35(3):144-9. doi: 10.5480/11-723.1.

AIM: To assess the content validity and internal consistency reliability of the Healthcare Professions Education Program Self-Assessment (PSA) and the Institutional Self-Assessment for Factors Supporting Hispanic Student Retention (ISA).BACKGROUND: Health disparities among vulnerable populations are among the top priorities...

Everything that you have ever been told about assessment center ratings is confounded.

The Journal of applied psychology

Jackson DJ, Michaelides G, Dewberry C, Kim YJ.
PMID: 26963079
J Appl Psychol. 2016 Jul;101(7):976-94. doi: 10.1037/apl0000102. Epub 2016 Mar 10.

Despite a substantial research literature on the influence of dimensions and exercises in assessment centers (ACs), the relative impact of these 2 sources of variance continues to raise uncertainties because of confounding. With confounded effects, it is not possible...

Reliability from α to ω: A tutorial.

Psychological assessment

Revelle W, Condon DM.
PMID: 31380696
Psychol Assess. 2019 Dec;31(12):1395-1411. doi: 10.1037/pas0000754. Epub 2019 Aug 05.

Reliability is a fundamental problem for measurement in all of science. Although defined in multiple ways, and estimated in even more ways, the basic concepts seem straightforward and need to be understood by practitioners as well as methodologists. Reliability...

Career orientations of medical students: A Q-methodology study.

PloS one

Gennissen L, Stegers-Jager K, van Exel J, Fluit L, de Graaf J, de Hoog M.
PMID: 34019546
PLoS One. 2021 May 21;16(5):e0249092. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249092. eCollection 2021.

INTRODUCTION: In pursuing optimal health care, an adequate medical workforce is crucial. However, many countries are struggling with a misalignment of students' specialty preferences and societal needs regarding the future medical workforce. In order to bridge this gap, it...

Selecting, developing, and evaluating research instruments.

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Switzer GE, Wisniewski SR, Belle SH, Dew MA, Schultz R.
PMID: 10501709
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1999 Aug;34(8):399-409. doi: 10.1007/s001270050161.

The goal of this paper is to provide researchers who are not experts in psychometric theory with a concise guide to instrument selection, development and evaluation. Issues of context - factors related to the setting or population in which...

[Quality of life: the numbers tell the tale?].

Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie

Gabriels L.
PMID: 18470839
Tijdschr Psychiatr. 2008;50(5):249-51.

No abstract available.

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