Scale development and validation

Breast cancer is a prevalent cancer characterized by its aggressive nature and potential to cause mortality among women. The rising mortality rates and women’s inadequate perception of the disease’s severity in developing countries highlight the importance of screening using conventional methods and reliable scales.

17p vikoch 27-06-2024 1 1   Download

The paper "Measuring digital competence: An assessment of students at Ho Chi Minh city University of Economics and Finance, Vietnam using the students' digital competence scale (SDiCoS)" aims to measure the digital competence of students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance, Vietnam, using the students’ Digital Competence Scale (SDiCoS). SDiCoS is a comprehensive and validated instrument that covers six domains of digital competence: Search, Find, Access; Develop, Apply, Modify; Communicate, Collaborate, Share; Store, Manage, Delete; Evaluate; and Protect.

8p tonhiemm 07-06-2024 3 1   Download

The investigation of epistemological beliefs has become important in both pre-service and in-service education of teachers. Different scales have been developed to determine teachers’ epistemological beliefs. The same scale yields different results in different cultures especially due to the cultural aspects of education.

14p viohoyo 25-04-2024 4 2   Download

This research aims to complete Turkish adaptation, validity and reliability studies for the Math and Me Survey developed by Adelson and McCoach for use in determining the students’ attitudes towards mathematics in the transition from primary school to middle school.

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This study aims to conduct validity and reliability analysis of Organizational Structure Scale-University version (OSS-U) that enables us to determine organizational structures of universities. The scale was developed based on the Axiomatic Theory by Hage, literature review and expert opinions.

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The purpose of this work is to adapt the existing Moral Competency Index (MCI) developed by Lennick and Kiel in a sample of teachers. The validated Turkish version of MCI is based on the item pool of the original MCI with a slight adaptation of the items to fit the context of educational leadership.

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The purpose of this study is to develop an Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale-TR (IMS-TR) for Turkish culture. For the data collection process, four different sample groups participated in the study. To test the construct validity of the scale an exploratory factor analysis was performed. Results suggested a 13-item, two-factor solution as (1) awareness and (2) being in the moment.

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Social media (SM) use is a rapidly growing phenomenon among Millennials. Thus, a growing body of studies have explored the beneficial applications and negative consequences of their use in an increasingly virtual world. The current study aimed to develop and validate a scale that measures university students’ motives for using SM from a psychological and social perspective.

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The aim of the study is to adapt Preschool Children’s Science Motivation Scale (PCSMS) developed by Oppermann et al. into Turkish and conduct the validity and reliability analyses. This scale is considered important in terms of evaluating the science motivation of preschool children through the science concepts they are familiar with, based on their daily life experiences.

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The role of preschool teachers in supporting children’s language development is unquestionably substantial. To ensure the quality of preschool teachers’ performance in this specific task, various assessing instruments have been developed and justified in recent years.

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University students may encounter situations where they perform poorly in a course and contemplate dropping out. This intention to drop out of a course manifests not only in thoughts or ideas but also in a cognitive self-evaluation of their performance and skills, enabling them to reflect on the possibility of dropping out.

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This study aims to create and verify the psychometric validity of the sociomathematical norm scale. This research used a survey method with 505 senior high school students from Jakarta and West Java as respondents.

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Ebook "In silico modeling and experimental validation for improving methanogenesis from CO2 via M. maripaludis" explores the ability of M. maripaludis to capture and convert CO2 to methane in the presence of free nitrogen, and offers a consolidated review of the metabolic processes and applications of M. maripaludis. Further, it develops, validates and analyzes the first genome-scale metabolic model (iMM518) of M. maripaludis. Readers will discover, for the first time, the impact of nitrogen fixation on methane production.

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In this study, we assessed the validity and measurement invariance of the Turkish adaptation of the Student Personal Perception of Classroom Climate Scale (SPPCC) developed in English (US). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) and measurement invariance (MI) analyses by sex were performed on 629 students’ data. CFA results confirmed the factorial structure of the SPPCC.

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The aim of this study was to provide an instrument that allows the measurement of information competency in higher level students and generate evidence of its validity and reliability. The Information Management Brief Inventory (IMBS) was developed, which consisted of 16 Likert type items.

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This study evaluates the factors influencing environmental accounting in leather shoe manufacturing companies in Vietnam. Primary data were collected from February 2023 to May 2023, with 283 valid observations for formal research. The analytical and data processing tools used include descriptive statistical methods, reliability testing of scales, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and hypothesis testing using the least squares method.

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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a worldwide scourge caused by both genetic and environmental risk factors that disproportionately afflicts communities of color. Leveraging existing large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS), polygenic risk scores (PRS) have shown promise to complement established clinical risk factors and intervention paradigms, and improve early diagnosis and prevention of T2D.

16p viellison 28-03-2024 7 2   Download

Peptic ulcer disease is a prevalent and frequently recurring ailment, characterized by evolving etiological factors and risk elements that present difficulties in its management. To develop a Vietnamese version of the Quality-of-Life Instruments for Chronic Diseases - Peptic Ulcer Scale (QLICD-PU), a specialized tool designed to assess the QLICD-PU’ patients.

8p vimichaelfaraday 28-12-2023 6 3   Download

The menopause rating scale (MRS) has been proven to be a reliable tool for quantifying the impact of menopausal symptoms and aiding clinicians in prescribing appropriate treatments worldwide. However, the Vietnamese-MRS (VN-MRS) has not been developed.

8p vikissinger 21-12-2023 5 2   Download

Ebook "Guidelines for the Assessment of English language learners" designed to be of use to test developers, testing program administrators, psychometricians, and educational agencies as they work to ensure that assessments are fair and valid for ELLs. These guidelines focus on large-scale content area assessments1 administered in the United States to students in grades K-12; however, many of the principles can be applied to other populations and other assessments.

42p tichhythan 17-08-2023 7 6   Download