Grading of nurses

Contract Grading – Traditional Grading: A Comparison By:

The study compared the relationship of the contract plan of student evaluation and a traditional type of evaluation, for changes in knowledge and attitudes during a college course in ecological relationships. The Syracuse Environmental Awareness Test was used to measure both cognitive and affective changes. In the experimental group the contract, plan of evaluation was utilized. Subjects were e...

Reliability of Trachoma Clinical Grading—Assessing Grading of Marginal Cases

BACKGROUND Clinical examination of trachoma is used to justify intervention in trachoma-endemic regions. Currently, field graders are certified by determining their concordance with experienced graders using the kappa statistic. Unfortunately, trachoma grading can be highly variable and there are cases where even expert graders disagree (borderline/marginal cases). Prior work has shown that inc...

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The Existence and Sources of Grading Bias in Beef Grading

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) beef grading system plays an important role in marketing and promoting beef. USDA graders inspect beef carcasses and determine a quality grade within a few seconds. Although the graders are well-trained, the nature of this grading process may lead to grading errors. Significant differences in the USDA graders’ ‘called’ and ‘camera-graded’ quali...

Grading of Potatoes

Franco Pedreschi,1 Domingo Mery2 and Thierry Marique3 1Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos, Av. Ecuador 3769, Santiago de Chile, Chile 2Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Departamento de Ciencia de la Computación, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860 (143), Santiago de Chile, Chile 3Centre pour l’Agronomie et l’Agro-Industrie de la Province de Hainaut ...