Recently, the argument has been made that receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis should be used to compare the diagnostic performance of different lineup procedures. However, a drawback to ROC analysis is that is requires multiple correct and false ID rates for each lineup procedure being compared. When only a single pair of correct and false ID rates is measured, what dependent measu...

This study describes the development, field utility, reliability, and validity of the multidimensional Tool for Risk, Interventions, and Outcomes (TRIO) for use in Adult Protective Services (APS). The TRIO is designed to facilitate consistent APS practice and collect data related to multiple dimensions of typical interactions with APS clients, including the investigation and assessment of risks...

INTRODUCTION The study of mediating variables and psychological responses to child surgery involves the evaluation of both the patient and the parents as regards different stressors. OBJECTIVE To have a reliable and reproducible valid evaluation tool that assesses the level of paternal involvement in relation to different stressors in the setting of surgery. MATERIAL AND METHOD A self-repor...

OBJECTIVE The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) is widely validated and popularly used in assessing the subjective quality of life (QOL) of patients and the general public. The aim of the study is to assess the psychometric properties of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in medical students in mainland of China. METHODS The reliability and validity of the 36-Item Short Form ...

Let M be the interior of a compact 3–manifold with boundary, and let T be an ideal triangulation of M. This paper describes necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of angle structures, semi–angle structures and generalised angle structures on (M ;T ) respectively in terms of a generalised Euler characteristic function on the solution space of the normal surface theory of (M ; T )....

The reliability and validity of standard and qualitative scores for the Ruff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT; Ruff, 1988) was examined in 102 healthy undergraduates. Participants (M age = 21.79; SD = 3.7; age = 80% Caucasian) were administered the RFFT and measures assessing executive functions (EF) and other cognitive domains. Inter-scorer reliability was excellent (0.9 range) for most RFFT indices...

Category Theory is used to describe a category of fusors. The category is formed from a model of a process begining with an event and leading to the final labeling of the event. Although many techniques of fusing information have been developed the inherent relationships among different types of fusion techniques (fusors) have not yet been fully explored. In this paper, a foundation of fusion i...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Fitzpatrick Skin Type Scale during radiation therapy in a cohort of women receiving treatment for breast cancer. METHOD The assessment of the scale was performed as a nested study within a randomised controlled trial of two creams used for radiation therapy skin care for breast cancer pat...

Social research is plagued by many biases. Most of them are due to situation specificity of social behavior and can be explained using a theory of situation specificity. The historical background of situation specificity in personality social psychology research is briefly sketched, then a theory of situation specificity is presented in detail, with as centerpiece the relationship between the b...