During the fusion of audio and video information for speech recognition, the estimation of the reliability of the noise affected audio channel is crucial to get meaningful recognition results. In this paper we compare two types of reliability measures. One is the use of the statistics of the phoneme a-posteriori probabilities and the other is the analysis of the audio signal itself. We implemen...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this work is to examine reliability, factorial- and criterion-related validity, and measurement invariance across age and gender of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale for children and adolescents in the German-speaking population. METHODS Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to questionnaire responses obtained from a cross-sectional sample (Study 1) of 250 girl...

To determine the test-retest reliability and criterion validity of self-reported function in mobility and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in older adults, a convenience sample of 70 subjects (72.9 ± 6.6 yr, 34 male) was split into able and disabled groups based on baseline assessment and into consistently able, consistently disabled, and inconsistent based on repeat assessments o...

This article contributes to the understanding of why the use of a frame-of-reference leads to increased criterion-related validity of personality inventories. Two competing explanations are described and tested. A between-subjects (N = 337) and a within-subject (N = 105) study are conducted to test the hypothesized effects of use of a frame of reference on reliability and validity. Regarding th...

This paper aims to gain an understanding of the reliability of the existing separation criteria for orthogonal metal cutting. To focus on their physical inherence, a simple finite element model under plane-strain deformation was used to investigate the mechanics of cutting from the incipient stage. The workpiece materials studied were elastic–perfectly plastic and elastic–plastic with work hard...

The authors undertook a comprehensive examination of the construct validity of an assessment center in this study by (a) gathering many different types of evidence to evaluate the strength of the inference between predictor measures and constructs (e.g., reliability, accuracy, convergent and discriminant relationships), (b) introducing a theoretically relevant intervention (frame-of-reference [...

Although there is strong meta-analytical evidence that deviant sexual interest in children is a major risk factor for recidivism in child-sex offenders, the assessment of deviant sexual interest with self-report or phallometric measures is problematic. As an alternative approach for assessment, the Explicit and Implicit Sexual Interest Profile (EISIP) is introduced that features direct self-rep...

We developed and validated a scale to measure employees' perceived opportunity to craft (POC) in two separate studies conducted in the Netherlands (total N = 2329). POC is defined as employees' perception of their opportunity to craft their job. In Study 1, the perceived opportunity to craft scale (POCS) was developed and tested for its factor structure and reliability in an explorative way. St...

One of the goals of psychological assessment focuses on the adaptation of its instruments to different populations. The objective of this study is to establish the psychometric properties and dimensional structure of the Spanish version of the Coping Responses Inventory-Adult Form (CRI-Adult, Moos, 1993). The following criteria were analyzed: a) descriptive statistics; b) internal consistency r...

Researchers are gaining an interest in the concept of wisdom, a more holistic yet often ineffable educational outcome. Models of wisdom abound, but few have rigorously tested measures. This study looks at Brown's (2004a, 2004b) Model of Wisdom Development and its associated measure, the Wisdom Development Scale (WDS; Brown & Greene, 2006). The construct validity, measurement invariance, criteri...