The Thurstone Word Fluency Test (TWFT) is a widely used neuropsychological instrument. However, data regarding its psychometric properties are lacking. The results of the present study suggest that the TWFT possesses excellent test-retest and inter-rater reliability, in addition to good construct validity. However, its criterion validity is limited by its lack of specificity and sensitivity. Th...

the purpose of this study is to adapt, normalize and to determine reliability and validity of wisc- i i i. at adaptation stage, 835 students were selected through a systematic from 30 schools, after completion the test, suitable items were chosen according to iranian culture. then, at normalizing stage, 2456 boys and girls were selected through a systematic random sampling from 72 educational d...

introduction. measuring is the foundation of evaluation. the main way for evaluation of education progression is testing the exams and every test must have identity, validity, reliability and be easy to perform. more precision to preparing the exams can improve its validity. there are different ways for measuring validity and reliability in testing. do the faculty members know about these metho...

the clinical copd questionnaire (ccq) has been developed to measure the health status of copd patients. the aim of this study was to translate ccq into the persian language and assess the validity and reliability of the translated version. we used a forward-backward procedure to translate the questionnaire. in a cross-sectional study 100 copd patients and 50 healthy subjects over 40 years old w...

Background: To assess outcomes of health services, providers need brief, responsive, reliable, and valid measures that can be implemented in clinical settings with minimal cost and burden. The Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32) is a selfreport measure developed in 1984 to assess mental health treatment outcomes. During the past 3 years, multiple methods were used to revise the...

results with respect to the inter-reliability testing, there was a high level of agreement between reviewers applying the instrument in the admissions criteria and days of stay. overall agreement was > 77%; also specific inappropriate agreement and specific appropriate agreement were > 61%, and > 72%, respectively. regarding the validity of the testing, the instrument had a sensitivity of > 0.7...