Improving the reliability of implementation construction schedules for a complex structures (where level quality, timing, and costs is taken into account) can be achieved by creating reserves: time resources. The reserve time, main types technical, labor, material resources due to creation special in most cases ineffective increased costs. Finding effective options corresponding from standpoint...

AIMS To test the face validity and reliability of a new digital pelvic floor muscle function (PFMF) assessment scheme that was designed on the basis of the recently standardized terminology of the International Continence Society. METHODS Study participants comprised 41 women, age 18-85 years. Data on age and parity were obtained. Face validity of the new assessment scheme was tested by three...

OBJECTIVE To describe the reliability of new assessment items and their clinical utility as judged by experienced nurse assessors, based on the results from the field test of Version 2.0 of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI). DESIGN Independent dual assessment of residents of nursing facilities by staff nurses using a draft of Version 2.0 of the minimum data set (MDS). SETTING AND PAR...

AIM This systematic review investigated the availability of assessment tools to evaluate bimanual skills in young children (< or = 3y) with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Evidence for validity, reliability, and clinical utility of the identified instruments was sought. METHOD Ten electronic databases and grey literature were searched (earliest 1806) to February 2009 to identify articles that met ...

ashworth and modified ashworth scales are the most widely used tests to assess the severity of muscle spasticity. these clinical scales offer qualitative and subjective information and consequently there are issues concerning reliability when two or more clinicians are involved in assessment of spasticity. this article presents the result of a study assessing inter-rater reliability of the orig...

Learning analytics is focused on the educational challenge of optimizing opportunities for meaningful learning. Assessment deeply influences learning, but at the same time data about assessment are rarely considered and utilized by learning analytics. Current approaches to analysis and reasoning about peerassessment lack rigor and appropriate measures of reliability assessment. Our paper addres...

INTRODUCTION Over the years, performance assessment (PA) has been widely employed in medical education, Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) being an excellent example. Typically, performance assessment involves multiple raters, and therefore, consistency among the scores provided by the auditors is a precondition to ensure the accuracy of the assessment. Inter-rater agreement and i...