Two methods of constructing equal-interval scales for educational achievement are discussed: Thurstone's absolute scaling method and Item Response Theory (IRT). Alternative criteria for choosing a ...

Proper measurement is critical to the advancement of theory (Blalock 1979). Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST) is rapidly becoming an important theoretical paradigm for comprehending the impacts of ...

The survey measured ratings toward a number of groups and people in the U.S. on a “feeling thermometer” ranging from zero (“as cold and negative as possible”) to 100 (“as warm and positive as possible ...

Background: Numerical rating scales (NRS), and verbal rating scales (VRS) showed to be reliable and valid tools for subjective cancer pain measurement, but no one of them consistently proved to be ...

A new scale for measuring the psychological safety of patients has been developed. A new scale for measuring the psychological safety of patients has been developed at the University of Strathclyde.

Diagrammatic scales have emerged as indispensable tools for quantifying the severity of plant diseases in both research and applied settings. Rooted in the pioneering work of Cobb, these visual ...

Calculate descriptive statistics and create graphical representations using R software Solve problems and make decisions using probability distributions Explore the basics of sampling and sampling ...