In this research we focus on the link between response style behaviour in answering rating data such as Likert scales and the number of response categories that is offered. In a split-ballot experiment two versions of a questionnaire were randomly administered. The questionnaires only differed in the number of response categories, i.e. 5 vs. 6 categories. In both samples a latent-class confirma...

background the choice of what parameters are needed for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (mets) has been criticized due to the lack of an actual “gold standard” diagnostic test even in adults. this problem seems to be greater in children and adolescents. objectives stability assessment of factor structure underlying metabolic syndrome (mets) components from childhood to adolescence in a pane...

to evaluate the morphological diversity of some almond cultivars and genotypes, an experiment was carried out on 55 iranian and foreign genotypes. twenty-nine quantitative and qualitative characteristics of nuts and kernels as well as 4 phenotypic characteristics of almond trees were evaluated. analysis of variance and means comparisons indicated that all the characteristics of the examined cul...

introduction: this paper proposes an appropriate strategy for exporting hepatitis b vaccine, manufactured by pasteur institute of iran, to other countries. methods: eeffectiveness factors and their relative variables were found out by factor analysis method in spss software. results: we could identify 6 main factors which can extremely affect the export of this product. we evaluated manufacture...

location factors are among the basic components of development of rural industries in general and agricultural product processing industries in particular. the present study, with the aim of analyzing location factors affecting establishment of agricultural product processing industries in north khorasan province, was carried out through the description- survey method. the statistical populatio...

this study investigated effective parameters in the leadership and management among commanders of the army ground force, hierarchy of each criterion and ultimately proposal of a desirable leadership and management model from the respective commanders and senior managers’ perspectives. characterized as an applied and field study, the research employed the participation of the 100 commanders and ...

Implementation credit rating for Corporates is influenced by Different circum-stances, systems, processes, and cultures in each country. In this study, we pro-posed a Factor analysis modified approach for determine important factors on real data set of 123 accepted corporate in Tehran Securities Exchange for the years 2009-2017 of diverse range of 52 variable. We estimated the priority score fo...