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Sure, Mohan. "Questionnaires for Usability: A Systematic Literature Review." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-105458.
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Usability testing is a method to evaluate a product. One way to measure usability is by using questionnaires. A questionnaire consists of a set of questions/statements designed to collect information from the respondent about usability, user satisfaction, knowledge, attitudes, opinions, behaviors, facts, and other information. This thesis on Usability questionnaire mainly focuses on different types of usability questionnaires, their reliability and what they are supposed to measure. It gives an overall view of the usability questionnaire and discusses three research questions in detailed. In this thesis Kitchenham’s Systematic review is followed in the process of extraction of relevant literature on the topic. Databases like ACM, Inspec are used to make Search queries on the topic and validation on the literature is performed using Cohen’s kappa value. Finally, data is synthesized and extracted from the databases.
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Chan, Lai-yee, and 陳麗儀. "Quality of life questionnaires in respiratory disease." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3197031X.
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Chan, Lai-yee. "Quality of life questionnaires in respiratory disease." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B22331876.
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Pesudovs, Konrad, J. M. Burr, Clare Harley, and David B. Elliott. "The development, assessment, and selection of questionnaires." Lippincott Williams & Wilkins for the American Academy of Optometry, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4513.
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NoPatient-reported outcome measurement has become accepted as an important component of comprehensive outcomes research. Researchers wishing to use a patient-reported measure must either develop their own questionnaire (called an instrument in the research literature) or choose from the myriad of instruments previously reported. This article summarizes how previously developed instruments are best assessed using a systematic process and we propose a system of quality assessment so that clinicians and researchers can determine whether there exists an appropriately developed and validated instrument that matches their particular needs. These quality assessment criteria may also be useful to guide new instrument development and refinement. We welcome debate over the appropriateness of these criteria as this will lead to the evolution of better quality assessment criteria and in turn better assessment of patient-reported outcomes.
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Reid, Garth D. "The development, implementation and assessment of a questionnaire to evaluate a men's health intervention." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources. Restricted: no access until Sept. 10, 2010, 2008. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=26080.
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Johnson, Joel D. "A Test for Question Order Effects in a Conjoint Choice Survey." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/JohnsonJD2007.pdf.
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JUNIOR, PAULO ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA BASTOS. "SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION THROUGH THE USE OF QUESTIONNAIRES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2005. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=7344@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROUm dos possíveis meios utilizados para a coleta de fatos na elicitação de requisitos é o uso do questionário. Um questionário consiste num documento usado para guiar uma ou mais pessoas a responder a uma ou mais perguntas. A elaboração de um questionário é um processo bem mais complexo do que possa aparentar. Um questionário mal formulado pode levar a considerações erradas, o que acaba sendo prejudicial ao projeto em questão. Não existe um método padrão para a construção de questionários, porém existem recomendações de diversos autores com relação a essa importante tarefa no processo de pesquisa científica. O trabalho aqui apresentado detalha a técnica de questionários, identificando as etapas necessárias e comuns à criação de um questionário eficaz. Será proposto um método para a construção de perguntas de questionários, que utiliza como base uma listagem de requisitos para a construção de questionários de qualidade, obtida após a realização de uma extensa pesquisa nas áreas de ciências sociais e marketing. Posteriormente apresentamos uma ferramenta utilizada para elicitação de requisitos de software, através da utilização de questionário, questionário esse gerado através do método proposto no presente trabalho.
Questionnaire is one of the techniques available for requirements elicitation. A questionnaire is a document used to guide one or more people to answer one or more questions. The elaboration of a questionnaire is a process more complex than it can make look like. A questionnaire that is not well formulated can lead to unreliable information and may be harmful to the project in question. Although there is no standard method for the construction of questionnaires, there are recommendations from diverse authors with regard to this important task in the process of eliciting information. The work presented here details a technique for identifying the necessary and common stages for the creation of a questionnaire. A method for the construction of questions is proposed, which uses as base a list of requirements for the construction of quality questionnaires, obtained from the literature in the areas of social sciences and marketing. A tool for the elicitation of software requirements, by means of questionnaires is presented.
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Fourie, Jean. "The quality of translation regarding medical research questionnaires." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53667.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Little scholarly reflection has been published on the subject of medical research and translation. The aim of this study is to contribute to such literature by investigating the quality of original and retranslated medical questionnaires. The various steps medical researchers follow when translating their questionnaires are considered and discussed. Particular attention is given to questionnaires on AIDS-related topics in South Africa, as well as to the role of translation in ensuring the collection of valid data in medical research. Different translation approaches, which are followed when translating medical texts, and the impact they have on the quality of the research, are discussed. These approaches are the linguistic, text-linguistic and functional approaches. Attention is given to translators as communicators and mediators, as well as to the more general role of the translator. This study hypothesises that the quality of translations of medical research questions is largely inadequate in communicating effectively with the target culture for which they are intended. The retranslation hypothesis stating that retranslations are closer to the source text (ST) than original translations is supported. Afrikaans- and Xhosa-speaking adolescents from two secondary schools in the Cape Peninsula participated in a before-after study. These learners received self-administered medical questions on the two occasions. The first set comprised original translations, while the second set contained retranslations of the ST questions. Evaluation questions were included to assess the quality of these translations. The design, translation approach and quality of the original translations are explained, as is the development of the retranslation and evaluation questionnaires. Translations that do not consider their target audience lead to communication gaps, which have an adverse effect on the validity of data derived from questionnaires that are used in medical research. The results of most of these questions are compared for the two target cultures and are analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. The data are further explored to establish whether and how the translational quality of medical questionnaires can be improved. These aspects and the suggested translation process are discussed while bearing in mind the limitations of a study of this kind. Recommendations are made for possible improvement to the quality of translations of medical questionnaires. Projections for further studies in this direction complete this empirical investigation into translation and medical research.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Relatief min akademiese nadenke is gepubliseer oor die onderwerp mediese navorsing en vertaling. Hierdie studie wil 'n bydrae maak tot sodanige literatuur deur 'n ondersoek na die kwaliteit van oorspronklik vertaalde en hervertaalde mediese vraelyste. Die onderskeie stappe wat mediese navorsers ten opsigte van die vertaling van hulle vraelyste volg, word bespreek. Aandag word spesifiek gerig op vraelyste oor vigsverwante temas in Suid-Afrika, asook op die rol van vertaling in die versekering dat geldige data in mediese navorsing ingesamel word. Verskeie benaderings wat gevolg word in die vertaling van mediese tekste en die impak wat hulle het op die kwaliteit van die navorsing word bespreek. Hierdie benaderings is die linguistiese, tekslinguistiese en funksionalistiese benaderings. Aandag word geskenk aan vertalers as kommunikeerders en tussengangers, asook die meer algemene rol van die vertaler. Hierdie studie veronderstel dat die kwaliteit van vertalings van mediese navorsingsvraelyste grootliks onvoldoende is om effektief met die betrokke teikengehoor te kommunikeer. Die hervertalingshipotese wat sê dat hervertalings nader aan die brontaal (Bn as oorspronklike vertalings is, word ondersteun. Afrikaans- en Xhosa-sprekende adolessente van twee sekondêre skole in die Skiereiland het deelgeneem aan 'n voor- en agtemastudie. Hierdie leerders het op beide geleenthede die vraelyste self voltooi. Die eerste stel het oorspronklike vertalings bevat terwyl die tweede stel hervertalings van die BT bevat het. Evalueringsvrae is ingesluit om die kwaliteit van hierdie vertalings te help bepaal. Die ontwerp, vertalingsbenadering en kwaliteit van die oorspronklike vertalings word verduidelik, so ook die ontwikkeling van die hervertaling- en evalueringsvraelyste. Vertalings wat nie die teikengehoor in ag neem nie, lei tot kommunikasiegapings wat die geldigheid van data afkomstig van vraelyste in mediese navorsing nadelig kan raak. Die resultate van die meeste van hierdie vrae word vir die twee teikenkulture vergelyk, en dit word kwalitatief en kwantitatief ontleed. Die data word verder ondersoek om vas te stelof en hoe die kwaliteit van die vertaling van mediese vraelyste verbeter sou kon word. Bogenoemde aspekte en die voorgestelde vertalingsproses word bespreek met inagneming van die beperkings van 'n studie van hierdie aard. Voorstelle word gemaak vir die moontlike verbetering van die vertaling van mediese vraelyste. Vooruitskattings vir verdere studie in hierdie rigting voltooi hierdie empiriese ondersoek na vertaling en mediese navorsing. Ek dra hierdie tesis op aan Mattheus vir sy liefde, geduld en al die tee-aandraery, asook aan Ettienne en Jeanelle wat met minder ondersteuning van my as andersins hulle skoolloopbane moes voltooi het.
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Hutchison, Marie. "Les questionnaires de l'évaluation contingente : débats et application." Paris 1, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006PA010028.
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La politique environnementale contribue à assurer un développement durable de l'économie par l'atteinte des objectifs de réduction de la pollution à moindre coût. Pour connaître la valeur monetaite qu'un individu serait prêt à payer pour la conservation ou l'amélioration d'un bien environnemental, la methode d'evaluation contingente propose l'utilisation d'un questionnaire. La problématique centrale de cette thèse aborde la question de ce qui peut constituer un questionnaire susceptible d'obtenir des valeurs " suffisamment fiables" en utilisant cette méthode. Le principal message, qui ressort de cette thèse, montre que le choix du questionnaire à soumettre aux individus demande une réflexion approfondie. Nos résultats démontrent que la mise en œuvre des modèles économétriques peut être plus ou moins adaptée aux données mais une amélioration des résultats dépend surtout directement de la qualité du questionnaire.
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Harguindéguy-Lincourt, Marie-Christine. "Étude de la fidélité de la version francophone de trois questionnaires (24, 27, 30 mois) de l'ASQ "Ages and stages questionnaires" /." Trois-Rivières : Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2004. http://www.uqtr.ca/biblio/notice/resume/18321248R.pdf.
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Harguindéguy-Lincourt, Marie-Christine. "Étude de la fidélité de la version francophone de trois questionnaires (24, 27, 30 mois) de l'ASQ "Ages and stages questionnaires"." Thèse, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2004. http://depot-e.uqtr.ca/1383/1/000117004.pdf.
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Tiell, Kathy W. "Validation of the gambling expectancy questionnaire." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium access full-text, 2004. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3152343.
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St-Pierre, Corinne. "Évaluation par questionnaires auto-administrés des symptômes et des limitations fonctionnelles des patients présentant une atteinte de la coiffe des rotateurs : revue systématique et adaptation d'un questionnaire." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/25751.
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Le présent mémoire comporte deux volets, soit 1) une revue systématique portant sur les qualités métrologiques de questionnaires auto-administrés utilisés auprès d’une population présentant une atteinte de la coiffe des rotateurs et 2) l’adaptation en canadien-français et la validation auprès d’un échantillon présentant une atteinte de la coiffe des rotateurs d’un questionnaire auto-administré, le Western Ontario Rotator Cuff index (WORC). En ce qui a trait à la revue systématique, nos résultats mettent en lumière que tous les questionnaires inclus peuvent être utilisés auprès de cette population. Pour l’adaptation du questionnaire, nos résultats démontrent que la version canadienne-française du WORC présente des qualités métrologiques comparables à la version originale, ainsi qu’aux autres versions traduites.This Master’s thesis includes two objectives. The first one is to conduct a systematic review on the psychometric properties of self-administered questionnaires used with individuals presenting rotator cuff disorders. The second objective is to translate and validate the Canadian French version of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC). The results of the systematic review show that all the included questionnaires can be used for assessing individuals with rotator cuff disorders. Our results for the second objective is that the Canadian French version of the WORC shows similar psychometric properties to the original version of the WORC and the other translated versions of the WORC.
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Fuhr, Kelly. "Psychographic questionnaires: a comparative review of scales and structures." Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18956.
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Psychographic Questionnaires: A Comparative Review of Structures and Scales In recent years there has been a growing trend toward integrating psychographic profiles into sensory studies with the aim of more holistically explaining consumer segmentation and preferences. With this shift in approach have come questions on the nature of psychographic scales and the theoretical implications of their structure. Given the plethora of existing psychographic scales in common practice, the purpose of this review is to give a concise overview in the breadth of structures, with the aim of helping sensory researchers identify the most appropriate scale for their needs. The review begins with a critical comparison of the three most common scale classes: Likert, Semantic Differential, and Behavioral Frequency, and their relative advantages and disadvantages. Following that, a review of psychographic questionnaire design highlights differences from sensory practices, drawing attention to sources of response bias in specific design typologies which may reduce data quality in a product design.
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Gomes, Patrícia Salomé Rocha. "Easy psycho study: web platform to streamline psychology questionnaires." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23727.
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Mestrado em Engenharia de Computadores e TelemáticaA investigação em Psicologia faz um uso intenso de questionários, quer em papel ou em formato eletrónico, para agilizar a recolha de dados. As plataformas digitais para realização de estudos são caras e fechadas a possíveis integrações. O Easy Psycho Study (EPS) é uma aplicação web desenvolvida para apoiar psicológos no desenvolvimento e distribuição de questionários para investigação. Com o EPS o investigador pode construir questionários de maneira interativa e realizar a coleção de dados subsequente e revisão das respostas. Ao contrário das ferramentas generalizadas de construção de questionários, o EPS incluí escalas e outros componentes específicos dos protocolos de psicologia validados pela comunidade científica. Além disso, a plataforma pode publicar eventos que permitem a sincronização com sistemas externos. O sistema está a ser utilizado num grupo piloto para implementação de questionários de investigação na Universidade de Aveiro.
Psychology research makes a heavy use of questionnaires, either paper-based, or in electronic format, to streamline the data collection. Digital platforms for studies are usually expensive and closed to possible integrations. Easy Psycho Study (EPS) is a web application to support psychologists with research questionnaires development and delivery. Using the EPS, the researcher can build the questionnaire interactively, perform the subsequent data collection and responses review. Unlike a generic questionnaire building tool, EPS includes assessment scales and other components specific to psychology protocols and validated by the research community. In addition, the platform can publish events to enable synchronization with external systems. The system is being used in a pilot group to deploy research questionnaires in the University of Aveiro.
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Maddali, Sriniva. "Implementation of survey and evaluation system." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/SMaddali2007.pdf.
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Vate-U-Lan, Poonsri, and poonsri vate@gmail com. "Internet-Based Survey Design for University Web Sites: A Case Study of a Thai University." RMIT University. Education, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080530.152800.
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In recent years with the increasingly world-wide introduction of the Internet, the use of online questionnaires has increased dramatically. However in Thailand, there has been only very limited systematic research on web-based design in Thailand, including for Thai undergraduates who are the biggest group of Thai internet users. The particular characteristics of the Thai language (e.g. no capital letters, no break between words, Thai script etc.) present some interesting challenges for online Thai surveys. This experimental study investigated web-based survey design principles based on an English language background trial at a Thai university with individual interviews and focus groups with the use of think aloud and other research techniques. The findings of two types of web usability tests revealed that the scrolling web-based format was the most suitable for conducting surveys and that such surveys are most likely to attract higher response rates when endorsed by a trusted organization, when instructions are short, simple and specific, when closed and dichotomous questions provide sufficient answer options and when matrix and semantic differential questions are limited. Research also indicates that the font, Ms Sans Serif of size
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Karayegen-Giraldo, Sabah. "Designing a cultural needs questionnaire." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=873.
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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 1999.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 150 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122).
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Della, Santa Pascale. "Comparaison de deux questionnaires d'évaluation du mal aigu des montagnes /." Genève : [s.n.], 2000. http://www.unige.ch/cyberdocuments/theses2000/DellaSantaP/these.pdf.
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Dufour, Marie-Josée. "L'utilisation de questionnaires psychologiques lors de l'évaluation des agresseurs sexuels." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0008/NQ32621.pdf.
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Land, Alyson, Tiffany Peterson, and Jessa Ruiter. "A Systematic Review of Pharmacists Response Rates to Mailed Questionnaires." The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624450.
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Class of 2006 AbstractObjectives: To describe the current response rate of pharmacists to mailed surveys and to identify the factors that influence pharmacist response rates. A number of hypotheses have been presented. Design: A systematic literature review. Methods: Included articles were evaluated for variables of interest using a data extraction form. Variables included length of survey, use of incentive, proximity, use of announcement, the anonymity of the survey, use of a reminder, and presence of return postage. Results: A total of 76 articles were identified of which 54 met inclusion criteria. The mean response rate for the survey was 45.8 percent. The effect on response rate was evaluated in regard to survey length, the inclusion of an incentive, and the geographical origination of the survey. The change in response rate for each single increase in the number of questions in a survey changed the response rate by 0.001 percent. Response rate for surveys without an incentive provided was 44.6 percent (SD = 0.168), while the response rate for those with an incentive was 50.7 percent (p > 0.277). Twenty seven surveys were deemed to seek responses from pharmacists in a close proximity to the organization sending out the survey (e.g., within the same state or region). Twenty-seven did not focus on a specific state or region. The mean response rates were 45.5 percent and 46.1 percent, respectively (p=0.882). There was no statistical significance in any of the other variables examined. Conclusions: This review of literature addressing pharmacist response rate to mailed surveys revealed that pharmacists’ response to surveys is not significantly affected by survey length, inclusion of an incentive, or survey origin.
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Kobayashi, Wakako. "Structural Equation Modeling of Writing Proficiency Using Can-Do Questionnaires." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/461909.
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The purposes of this study were to validate the writing section of the Eiken Can-Do Questionnaires used in this study and the second purpose was to determine the effects of ten affective orientations (i.e., Desire to Write English, Attitude Toward Learning to Write English, Motivational Intensity, Instrumental Orientation for Writing in English, L2 Writing Anxiety, L2 Writing Self-Confidence, Willingness to Communicate in L2 Writing, Self-Esteem, Cognitive Competence, and General Self-Worth), on the participants’ responses to the Eiken Can-Do Questionnaires. This purpose is valuable because little is known about the relationship between Can-Do Questionnaire and affective variables investigated in this study. The final purpose of this study was to develop Can-Do Questionnaires as an internal measure for a university writing class. The participants of this study were 204 university students studying in two private universities in Tokyo, Japan. The first instrument was the writing section of the Eiken Can-Do Questionnaire; this questionnaire served as the outside measure in this study. The second, six out of nine essays written by the students were assessed as a measure of their writing ability in English. The Affective Orientation Questionnaire was administered to measure ten Affective Orientations. The questionnaire and essay data were analyzed using the Rasch rating scale. All of the participants completed the Background Questionnaire and Affective Orientation Questionnaire in April 2010 and 2011 and completed the writing section of the Eiken Can-do Questionnaire in April, July, and December 2010 and 2011. six writing assignments were produced by 179 out of the 204 participants wrote during the 2010 and 2011 academic year, and the relationships among the variables were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. The results indicated that the use of the Eiken Can-Do Questionnaires as the proficiency level measure was appropriate for this group of university students. The Eiken Can-Do Questionnaires were predictors of Motivation and L2 Self-Confidence. Motivation was a predictor of WTC in L2 Writing. Therefore, it should be noted that the Eiken Can-Do Questionnaires had an indirect effect with WTC in L2 Writing. The result implies that through having Eiken Can-Do questionnaires and Classroom Can-do Questionnaires to achieve their future goals, their English classes and their future learning objectives were connected. It is necessary to provide students with adequate practice and guidance in using the Eiken Can-Do Questionnaires in order to promote a deeper understanding of their purposes and uses.
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Vercherin, Paul. "Gestion des non-réponses à un questionnaire de qualité de vie liée à la santé perçue : prévention, identification des mécanismes de production et traitement des données manquantes du SF-36." Besançon, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003BESA0008.
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L'auteur présente les aspects théoriques des données manquantes. Il identifie les types de non-réponses aux questions du SF-36 sur des données réelles. Une simulation des non-réponses est réalisée pour étudier trois méthodes: imputation multiple par data augmentation (IMDA), imputation unique par la moyenne du sujet (IUMs), et analyse des observations complètes (AOC). L'AOC n'est pas recommandée. L'IMDA et l'IUMs sont valides avec des non-réponses non-informatives. Les trois méthodes donnent des résultats biaisés avec des non-réponses informatives. En-dessous de 5% de non-réponses informatives, le biais est acceptable pour l'IUMs et l'IMDA. L'auteur propose trois recommandations: 1) identifier les types des non-réponses lors de l'élaboration d'un questionnaire, 2) prévoir dans le protocole un volet prévention des non- réponses, 3) identifier les non-réponses pour choisir une méthode appropriée. Les méthodes récente (IMDA) et usuelle (IUMs) sont à étudier sur d'autres jeux de données.
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Pineau, Deborah M. "The Effect of an Electronic Evaluation Questionnaire Format on the Return Rate From Field Supervisors." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4727/.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of electronic-based questionnaires as a tool to gather data from field supervisors in the medical profession at various military bases. The study compared the response effects of an electronic evaluation questionnaire with the traditional method of paper-based questionnaires in gathering Level 3 data. The number of returns affects the amount of information available to the course personnel in creating a viable program that ensures the success of service members entering the occupational field and, ultimately, affecting the number of service members who remain beyond their first enlistment. The return rate and amount of missing data were tracked. Supervisors of graduates of a medical program who had observed service members for a minimum of 4-months were participants in the study. The z-test for comparing two proportions was used to determine significance of the study at the .05 level. Findings indicate that there was a significant difference in return rates and the amount of missing data when using the electronic format. Based on this study, the electronic-based questionnaire as a data-gathering tool provided a higher number of returns in a quicker time frame with fewer missing data in the technical training environment.
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Smith, Carey. "Studies on weed risk assessment." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AFM/09afms644.pdf.
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Bibliography: leaves 124-136. This thesis gives an overview of factors used in weed risk assessments and explores the disparity between the measured high accuracy rate of the weed risk assessment system (WRA) as implemented in Australia and the pessimistic assessments of some workers about the possibility of predicting the weed potential of plant species imported in the future. The accuracy of the WRA may not be as high as previously thought, and it varies with weed definition and taxonomic groups. Cluster analysis and comparative analysis by independent contrasts were employed to determine the value of individual biological and ecological questions on the WRA questionnaire. Results showed that some WRA questions could be deleted from the questionnaire and the scores for others weighted differently. The WRA is not a reliable predictor of weeds when it is considered in the context of the base-rate probability of an introduced plant becoming weedy in Australia. As a result a far greater number on non-weeds will be placed on the prohibited imported list than was initially expected.
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Pettit, Frances Annie. "Response sets in World Wide Web and paper-and-pencil personality questionnaires." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0025/NQ39301.pdf.
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Malik, Manish. "MDC a Mobile Data Collection System for Pocket PC /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000569.
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Anguiano, Carrasco Cristina. "Psychometric methods for controlling social desirability response bias in aggression questionnaires." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/101522.
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Faking is understood as a respondent’s active effort to distort his/her answers to create a positive image. Although the extensive existing literature, several questions are still unsolved. On one hand, virtually no attention has been paid to an issue considered by many authors as relevant, as is the impact of individual differences on faking. On the other hand, little has been done to examine the how highly undesirable personality measures, in our society, are impacted by faking. The present work aims to shed some light to these questions.
On the one hand, an indirect aggression questionnaire has been adapted. New psychometric procedures to assess the moment increments due to faking at trait level, for the group and individual levels were developed. The procedure also allows assessing the impact of individual differences on those increments.
Finally, the General Factor-Analytic Procedure was tested to contrast if controlling for social desirability on personality scores will efficiently control for faking. In addition, the impact of individual differences was assessed on the three main aggression traits: physical, verbal and indirect.Se entiende por falseamiento el esfuerzo activo del que responde al cuestionario para distorsionar sus respuestas creando así imagen más favorable de sí mismo. A pesar de la amplia literatura existente, muchas cuestiones quedan aún sin resolver. Por un lado, prácticamente no se ha prestado atención a un aspecto señalado por varios autores como relevante, como es el efecto que las diferencias individuales tienen en el falseamiento. Por otro lado, poco se ha hecho para examinar como el falseamiento afecta a medidas de personalidad altamente indeseables en nuestra sociedad. El presente trabajo pretende arrojar algo de luz sobre estas cuestiones. Por un lado, se ha adaptado un cuestionario de agresividad indirecta. También se han desarrollado nuevos procesos psicométricos que permiten calcular los incrementos momentáneos a nivel de rasgo debidos al falseamiento, tanto para el grupo como para el individuo y también permiten calcular el impacto que las diferencias individuales tienen en estos incrementos. Finalmente se ha contrastado si el procedimiento analítico factorial general (General Factor-AnalyticProcedure), que controla el impacto de la deseabilidad sociales sobre las puntuaciones de personalidad, es eficazpara controlar falseamiento. Además, se ha medido el impacto de las diferencias individuales en los tres principales rasgos de agresividad: física, verbal e indirecta.
S’entén per falsejament el esforç actiu de qui respon a un qüestionari per a distorsionar les respostes creant així una imatge més favorable de si mateix. Malgrat l’amplia literatura existent, moltes qüestions queden encara per resoldre. Per una banda pràcticament no s’ha parat atenció a un aspecteassenyalat per varis autors com a rellevant, com es l’efecte que les diferències individuals tenen en el falsejament. Per altra banda, poc s’ha fet per examinar com el falsejament afecta a mesures de personalitat altament indesitjables en la nostra societat. El present treball pretén donar una mica de llum a aquestes qüestions. Per una banda, s’ha adaptat un qüestionari d’agressivitat indirecta. També s’han desenvolupat nous procediment psicomètrics que permeten calcular els increments momentanis a nivell de tret deguts al falsejament, tant per al grup com per al individu i també permeten calcular l’impacte que les diferencies individualstenen en aquests increments. Finalment s’ha contrastat si el procediment analític factorial general (General Factor-AnalyticProcedure), que controla l’impacte de la desitjabilitat social sobre les puntuacions de personalitat, es eficaç per a controlar falsejament. A més a més, s’ha mesurat l’impacte de les diferències individuals en els tres principals trets d’agressivitat: física, verbal i indirecta.
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Nilsson, Doris. "Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress and Dissociation Among Swedish Adolescents : Evaluation of Questionnaires." Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Univ, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-8225.
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Hamon, Agnès. "Modèle de Rasch et validation de questionnaires de qualité de vie." Lorient, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000LORIS011.
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[. . . ] Nous présentons l'algorithme stochastique SEM et nous l'utilisons de façon originale dans le cadre du modèle de Rasch. Si cette utilisation apporte peu dans le cas classique, nous montrons qu'elle est quasiment incontournable dans le cas du modèle de Rasch pour données longitudinales. La fiabilité, ou précision d'une mesure obtenue par questionnaire, est presque toujours estimée par le coe͏̈fficient alpha de Cronbach. Nous avons proposé de généraliser le calcul de la fiabilité au cas du modèle de Rasch. Le coefficient alpha de Cronbach et le nouveau coefficient sont comparés à l'aide de simulations. Nous présentons les problèmes posés par l'évaluation de la qualité de vie et les méthodes actuellement utilisées pour la validation de questionnaires. Nous exposons ensuite les nouveaux test d'ajustement au modèle de Rasch et montrons comment ils apporter des réponses aux problèmes de la construction de mesures de qualité de vie. Dans la dernière partie de ce travail, nous avons proposé, en nous basant sur les estimations isotoniques des probabilités de réponse, un nouveau test de type Kolmogorov-Smirnov pour la comparaison de traits lents entre deux groupesThe assesment of quality of life has become an important problem in medicine. This assesment is aimed to evaluate the limitations induced by therapeutics on the daily life of patients. In most of cases, a questionnaire is administred to the patients in order to quantify their quality of life. Then, we have to construct a statistical model that links the items answers to an unobserved quantitative variable, here the quality of life. In most of the clinical studies, only linear linear modelizations are used. The purpose of this work is to study a new approach based on Rasch model[. . . ]
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Arnould, Benoît. "L'utilisation des questionnaires patients en pratique clinique : un paradigme à redéfinir." Lyon 1, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007LYO10197.
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L’intérêt des questionnaires permettant aux patients de livrer des informations sur leur santé, leurs perceptions, croyances et comportements, est avéré. Apportant pour un coût marginal limité des informations spécifiques, fiables et valides, ils pourraient contribuer à l’efficience et à la qualité des soins. Pourtant, leur application reste cantonnée au champ de la recherche clinique. Nous pensons que l’apparente résistance des cliniciens à les appliquer est en réalité due à l’inadéquation des instruments existants aux objectifs et aux contraintes propres à un usage en pratique clinique. Considérant les multiples implications de ce changement de perspective, nous rapportons nos travaux de développement et de validation d’outils pour le spécialiste et le généraliste. Nous concluons que, sans pour autant s’opposer à la recherche, la réalité clinique impose un changement de paradigme auquel de tels outils doivent s’accorder. C’est là la clé de leur adoption par les praticiensA large amount of published evidence supports the interest of questionnaires allowing patients to report information on their health, perceptions, beliefs, and behaviour. They provide, at little marginal cost, specific, reliable and valid information and could therefore contribute to the efficiency and quality of care. Their application, however, still is limited to clinical research. Our assumption is that what seems to be an attitude of resistance by clinicians toward innovation could in fact be caused by the inadequacy of existing instruments to the specific objectives and constraints linked to their use in clinical practice. Considering the multiple implications of this shift in perspective, we report our research on the development and validation of tools for the specialist or the general practitioner. We conclude that, although not opposed to research, clinical reality mandates a change of paradigm to which such tools must adhere. Here lies the key to their adoption by clinicians
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Knauber, Ines. "Profile Development of Commenters Versus Non-Commenters on International Marketing Questionnaires." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330948/.
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The objectives of this dissertation were to: (1) discover whether commenters and non-commenters on an international marketing questionnaire differ based on sociodemographic, nationality, and personality characteristics; (2) determine whether commenters with greater life satisfaction are more likely to provide positive comments; (3) determine whether commenters differ in response styles due to their national background; and (4) discover whether commenters differ (based on sociodemo-graphic, nationality, and personality characteristics) in their propensity to comment on the design rather than on other questionnaire issues. An exploratory design was used to satisfy these objectives.
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Parthasarathy, Anuradha. "The Examination of Variables That Influence Response Rates to Mailed Questionnaires." DigitalCommons@USU, 1990. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6024.
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The intent of this research was to examine variables that might influence the response rates to mailed questionnaires. The variables examined were the socioeconomic statuses of the subjects, the time of payment of a monetary incentive, and the amount of payment. Subjects were 375 residents of Cache County, Utah, selected from three levels of socioeconomic status. The subjects were selected on the basis of information they provided about their income and education levels during a telephone interview. Subjects within each level of socioeconomic status were further divided into four treatment groups and one control group. All groups were mailed the questionnaire. In addition, subjects in Group 1 were sent an enclosed $1, those in Group 2 received $2, those in Group 3 were promised $1 if they returned the completed questionnaire, those in Group 4 were similarly promised $2 if they returned a completed questionnaire, and subjects in Group 5 were neither paid nor promised any incentive. The questionnaire itself was developed with the help of Utah State University's Extension Services, who needed to survey the local population on issues pertaining to family and economic well-being.
The response rate for the entire sample was 56.8%. Subjects from the high socioeconomic status group had the highest response rate, while subjects with the lowest socioeconomic status had the lowest response rate. Including the monetary incentive along with the questionnaire yielded a higher response rate than did promising an incentive for returning the questionnaire. Similarly, subjects receiving $2 had a higher response rate than those receiving $1. It was also found that the higher the socioeconomic status, the less the difference made by the time of payment of the incentive.
When the cost effectiveness of the different treatments was analyzed it was found that at the higher levels of response rate, prepaying the incentive was a more efficient method, while promising the incentive proved cheaper at the lower levels of response rate.
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Pelser, Casper Jan Hendrik. "Validating the business alignment questionnaire that measures organisational functioning." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52600.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study project was aimed to evaluate a questionnaire designed by AB Reynolds and adapted by Mario Denton that is used to determine the funtionality of an organisation. The object was to determine how reliable the instrument is and if it was testing the necessary areas/processes. As the purpose·ofmost instruments is to help management determine the current position of an organisation , the management itself, the management of the employees and the workplace, it was important to validate a questionnaire by statistically analysing all the processes/factors used in the questionnaire as well as the questions. Although it was found that the twenty-one (21) organisational processes is used in the questionnaire is of major importance to all organisations, the statistical analyses reduced the processes to eight (8) namely: 1. Performance management, development, appraisal, reward and recognition 2. Effective leadership 3. Vision and mission 4. Strategy and structure 5. Communication 6. Competitor analyses 7. Customer needs 8. Core competencies The three hundred and fifty one (351) questions were also reduced to one hundred and thirty four. The validated revised questionnaire can now be used to determine an organisations health and is a two phased technique designed to assist organisational effectiveness. It will give management a foundation to use in strategic planning as it spells out the weaknesses and strengths of an organisation and also indicate area/processes of concern that will need attention. The revised questionnaire is therefore an information gathering instrument that measures the employees perception of the organisation and focuses on all facets of organisational functioning. It is a tool for continuous organisational development and improvement and will help an organisation in correcting the weaknesses identified. The questionnaire is therefore a management tool. It can be highly effective and can be used by all organisations to improve their competitiveness and ensure their survival.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die projek was daarop gemik om 'n vraelys, opgestel deur AB Reynolds en aangepas deur Mario Denton wat die funktionaliteit van 'n organisasie toets, te evalueer. Die doelwit was om vas te stel hoe betroubaar die instrument is en of dit die nodige areas/prosesse toets. Aangesien die doel van die instrument is om bestuur te help om die huidige possisie van organisasie, bestuur self, die bestuur van werknemers en die werksplek te toets, is dit noodsaaklik om so 'n vraelys te valideer deur al die prosesse/faktore in die vraelys, sowel as die vrae statisties te ontleed. Alhoewel daar gevind is dat al die een en twintig (21) organisatoriese prosesse, soos in die vraelys gebruik, van kardinale belang vir organisasies is ,het die statistiese analise dit na die volgende agt (8) prosesse verminder: 1. Prestasie bestuur, ontwikkeling, beoordeling, vergoeding en erkenning 2. Effektiewe leierskap 3. Visie en missie 4. Strategie en struktuur 5. Kommunikasie 6. Analise van mededingers 7. Behoeftes van kliênte 8. Kern vaardighede Die drie honderd een en vyftig (351) vrae is ook verminder na een honderd vier en dertig vrae. Die gevalideerde vraelys kan nou aangewend word om die gesondheid van 'n organisasie te toets en is 'n tegniek wat uit twee fases bestaan wat behulpsaam kan wees om organisatoriese effektiwiteit te bevorder. Dit sal aan bestuur 'n wegspringpunt verleen in strategiese beplanning aangesien dit die vermoëns en gebreke van 'n organisasie uitwys, asook die swak areas/prosesse wat aandag verg. Die gekorrigeerde vraelys is daarom 'n informasie insamelings instrument wat werknemers se persepsie aangaande die organisasie meet en fokus op alle fasette van organisatoriese funksionering. Dit is dus 'n instrument om organisatoriese ontwikkeling en verbetering voortdurend toe te pas, en help 'n organisasie om swakhede wat geidentifiseer is, reg te stel. Die vraelys is dus 'n bestuursinstrument wat effektief deur alle organisasies aangewend kan word om mededingend te word om sodoende hulle voortbestaan te verseker.
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Ho, Ying-kit Edmond, and 何應傑. "Investigating the validity and reliability of international physical activity questionnaire (Chinese version)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31257380.
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Jenkins, Stephen Graham. "An object oriented and visual data analysis environment : semantics and pragmatics of multi language programming." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274390.
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Cook, Sarah E. "The diagnostic utility of subjective memory questionnaires in normal and pathological aging." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0004803.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Florida, 2004.Typescript. Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 93 pages. Includes Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Davidson, Megan, and m. davidson@latrobe edu au. "MEASURING ACTIVITY LIMITATION IN LOW BACK PAIN: A COMPARISON OF FIVE QUESTIONNAIRES." La Trobe University. School of Physiotherapy, 2003. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20051220.175347.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the methods currently available to measure the functional outcomes of physiotherapy treatment for low back problems. As a preliminary step, all extant questionnaires were located and evaluated against practical criteria to determine their likely utility in clinical practice. This process identified a large number of questionnaires, however, only six back-specific questionnaires fulfilled the practical criteria for clinical application. Four of these questionnaires were selected for further evaluation along with a generic health status assessment instrument, the SF-36 Health Survey. Current recommendations suggest that a low-back specific and a generic questionnaire are required for comprehensive assessment of the impact of low back problems. The four back-specific questionnaires selected were the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale, the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and the Waddell Disability Index. An evaluation of the literature on the clinimetric properties of these questionnaires revealed that little information was available for the Quebec and Waddell questionnaires and no information was available for any of the questionnaires for a clinical population of people with low back pain seeking physiotherapy treatment in an Australian setting. The primary aim of the research was identify which, if any, of the questionnaires should be recommended for measuring outcomes of physiotherapy treatment for low back pain. Consecutive ambulatory (non-admitted) patients presenting for physiotherapy treatment at three public hospital physiotherapy outpatient departments, three community health services, and four private practices were invited to enter the study. Patients were included if they were seeking treatment for a low back problem, were aged 18 or over, and could read and write English. Subjects completed the questionnaires on two occasions six-weeks apart. One hundred and forty subjects returned the first set of questionnaires, and 106 the second set. The mean age of the sample at pre-test was 51 (SD 17) and ranged from 18 to 89 years. Sixty-six percent were female, 41% were employed and 12% were receiving compensation for their back problem. Duration of the back complaint was more than six weeks for 56% of subjects, and 60% reported five or more previous episodes or continuous pain. Referred pain in the buttock thigh or leg was reported by 70% of subjects. The first aim was to compare the questionnaires for acceptability and comprehensibility. Data quality was high for all the questionnaires (less than 5% missing data). As expected, subjects found the more complex SF-36 Health Survey more difficult to complete than three of the low-back questionnaires. However, less than 10% of subjects found any of the questionnaires more than a little difficult to complete. The next aim was to explore the internal structure and inter-relationships of the low-back questionnaires and the three physical scales of the SF-36 Health Survey (Physical Functioning, Role-Physical and Bodily Pain). Analysis of item-item correlation, item-total correlation and Cronbach�s alpha confirmed that all scales were internally consistent. Factor analysis confirmed item homogeneity (unidimensionality) of all questionnaires except the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. The questionnaires were significantly intercorrelated, but correlations exceeded .70 only for the Oswestry, Quebec and Waddell questionnaires. The next aim of the research was to compare test-retest reliability of the questionnaires. The Oswestry, Quebec and SF-36 Physical Functioning scale had sufficient reliability and scale width for clinical application. Despite previous reports of high reliability, the Roland-Morris scale was significantly less reliable than several of the other questionnaires. This indicates the importance of establishing the measurement properties of a test in the population or setting in which it will be used. The Waddell Disability Index, and the SF-36 Role-Physical and Bodily Pain scales had insufficient scale width to be useful in clinical practice. More than 15% of respondents had an initial score on these scales that would not allow change to be detected with 90% confidence. The next aim of the research was to compare the responsiveness of the questionnaires. None of the questionnaires was consistently identified as more or less responsive than the others although two methods (effect size and Liang�s standardized response mean) suggested the SF-36 Bodily Pain scale was more responsive than some other questionnaires. A secondary aim of this section was to evaluate the validity of the many available responsiveness indices and a novel �reliable change� method. A �known groups� strategy was used to determine whether the responsiveness index could discriminate between the low-back relevant questionnaires and the SF-36 General Health scale, the scores of which did not change across the retest period. With the exception of the novel �reliable change� method the responsiveness indices were all found to be valid indicators of responsiveness. Guyatt�s Responsiveness Index, effect size and Liang�s standardized response mean discriminated at 95% confidence between the reference scale and all the low-back questionnaires. The standardized response mean, t-test, correlation and ROC methods discriminated between the reference scale and five or six of the seven other questionnaires. Guyatt�s index was recommended as the best of the criterion-based methods, and the effect size the best of the distribution-based methods. The three questionnaires identified as having sufficient reliability and scale width, the Oswestry, Quebec and SF-36 Physical Functioning scale, were next analysed for data fit to a Rasch model. All three questionnaires had good data fit and item function was not affected by time, age, gender or whether or not subjects reported avoiding bending. The final aim of this research was to identify by Rasch analysis items to supplement the SF-36 Physical Functioning scale. The new scale, named the Low-Back SF-36 Physical Functioning18, showed comparable reliability and responsiveness to the SF-36 Physical Functioning scale. Further research is required to establish the measurement properties of the Low-Back SF-36 Physical Functioning18 scale in an independent sample. However, it has the potential to improve the clinical measurement of function by providing clinicians with a single measurement tool for comprehensive assessment of patients with low back pain.
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Taylor, Sally. "Adaptation of quality of life questionnaires for use in breast oncology practice." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634788.
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Introduction. There are many cancer specific health-related quality oflife (HRQOL) instruments available but their utility in clinical practice has not been systematically evaluated. The aim was to develop a HRQOL questionnaire package for breast cancer patients for use in routine practice. It is anticipated that the questionnaire would improve patient care and experiences by improving communication, symptom monitoring and referrals. Methods and results. A comprehensive development strategy was employed to create QuEST-Br. The strategy included exploring issues discussed in oncology consultations of 52 breast cancer patients (208 consultations), a literature search, interviews with 10 patients and 10 healthcare professionals, validation of the questionnaire in a sample of 145 patients and validation in over 400 patients as part of a larger study. A 53 item questionnaire (QuEST-Br) was created. An additional concerns checklist was developed for use in conjunction with QuEST-Br to allow patients to focus consultation discussions. The checklist was developed through literature searches, interviews with patients and healthcare professionals and validation alongside QuEST-Br. Eleven women were interviewed about their experiences of breast cancer and sexual problems. Results confirmed previous findings that sexual issues were rarely discussed and healthcare professionals were unsure what support was available. A systematic review identified the most effective type of intervention for breast cancer patients experiencing sexual problems would include sexual counselling and would target the patient and partner. Conclusion. I developed and evaluated an effective model for screening and identifying patient needs. Sexuality was identified as an unmet need. I explored ways in which these needs may be better addressed in routine clinical practice.
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Ryu, Young Sam. "Development of Usability Questionnaires for Electronic Mobile Products and Decision Making Methods." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28746.
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As the growth of rapid prototyping techniques shortens the development life cycle of software and electronic products, usability inquiry methods can play a more significant role during the development life cycle, diagnosing usability problems and providing metrics for making comparative decisions. A need has been realized for questionnaires tailored to the evaluation of electronic mobile products, wherein usability is dependent on both hardware and software as well as the emotional appeal and aesthetic integrity of the design.
This research followed a systematic approach to develop a new questionnaire tailored to measure the usability of electronic mobile products. The Mobile Phone Usability Questionnaire (MPUQ) developed throughout this series of studies evaluates the usability of mobile phones for the purpose of making decisions among competing variations in the end-user market, alternatives of prototypes during the development process, and evolving versions during an iterative design process. In addition, the questionnaire can serve as a tool for identifying diagnostic information to improve specific usability dimensions and related interface elements.
Employing the refined MPUQ, decision making models were developed using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and linear regression analysis. Next, a new group of representative mobile users was employed to develop a hierarchical model representing the usability dimensions incorporated in the questionnaire and to assign priorities to each node in the hierarchy. Employing the AHP and regression models, important usability dimensions and questionnaire items for mobile products were identified. Finally, a case study of comparative usability evaluations was performed to validate the MPUQ and models.
A computerized support tool was developed to perform redundancy and relevancy analyses for the selection of appropriate questionnaire items. The weighted geometric mean was used to combine multiple numbers of matrices from pairwise comparison based on decision makers' consistency ratio values for AHP. The AHP and regression models provided important usability dimensions so that mobile device usability practitioners can simply focus on the interface elements related to the decisive usability dimensions in order to improve the usability of mobile products. The AHP model could predict the users' decision based on a descriptive model of purchasing the best product slightly but not significantly better than other evaluation methods. Except for memorability, the MPUQ embraced the dimensions included in the other well-known usability definitions and almost all criteria covered by the existing usability questionnaires. In addition, MPUQ incorporated new criteria, such as pleasurability and specific tasks performance.Ph. D.
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Broyles, Susan Elizabeth. "A reliabilty and validity study of panic attack symptoms and cognitions questionnaires." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101168.
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Anxiety may be experienced in a variety of response modes. There is evidence to suggest that panic disordered individuals differ from individuals with other anxiety diagnoses in that they experience a greater increase in somatic symptoms and catastrophic cognitions. Further it has been suggested that panic disordered individuals, as compared to other anxiety disordered individuals, experience greater global anxiety and depression. The present study compared the total scores of 93 disordered subjects on the Symptom Assessment Questionnaire and the Cognitions Assessment Questionnaire and found that both questionnaires discriminated panic disordered subjects from non-panic disordered subjects. The two questionnaires also discriminated subjects with panic attacks from subjects without panic attacks. Item analyses were conducted on both questionnaires in order to identify specific items which differentiated panic disordered subjects from non-panic disordered subjects and subjects with panic attacks from subjects without panic attacks. Factor analyses were conducted on both questionnaires, resulting in the identification of somatic and cognitive factors salient to the phenomenon of panic. In general, the identified factors supported and expanded upon the panic symptoms listed in DSM-III. Finally, two widely used measures of anxiety and depression were administered to subjects. Panickers scored higher than Non-panickers on measures of state-anxiety, trait-anxiety, and depression. The Panic Disordered Group scored higher than the Non-Panic Disordered Group on the depression scale. However, the Panic Disordered Group scored no differently from the NonPanic Disordered on the state-anxiety and trait-anxiety inventories, suggesting that the presence of panic attacks in all anxiety diagnostic groups weakened the ability of the tradition anxiety measures to distinguish between the comparison groups.M.S.
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Coulthard, Robert James. "Rethinking back-translation for the cross-cultual adaptation of health-related questionnaires." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2013. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/123163.
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Kempenaers, Chantal. "Validation structurelle d'auto-questionnaires psychologiques: apports et limites de l'analyse factorielle confirmatoire." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/288842.
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L’usage de questionnaires d’auto-évaluation, notamment en psychologie et en médecine, est une pratique courante de recueil de données tant pour l’usage clinique que pour la recherche.Pour que l’usage de ces outils – certes pratiques – rende vraiment les services qu’on attend d’eux, l’élaboration d’une théorie conceptuelle ainsi qu’une série de précautions méthodologiques, liées aux exigences de qualité que sont les propriétés de fiabilité et validité, doivent assurer que les construits psychologiques soient le plus correctement possible représentés, mesurés. Dans le présent travail, l’ambition de l’équipe de recherche (sous la direction du Professeur P. Linkowski) de disposer en Français de plusieurs questionnaires d’évaluation de traits psycho(patho)logiques, combinée à la disponibilité de larges groupes d’étudiants, a mené à élaborer un vaste projet consistant à valider la structure interne de plusieurs outils d’auto-évaluation par l’analyse factorielle confirmatoire, assez novatrice en sciences biomédicales et en psychologie à l’époque. C’est une synthèse de ces recherches psychométriques, spécifiquement destinées à contribuer à la validation structurelle des questionnaires d’Intelligence Émotionnelle et de Contingences d’Estime de Soi, ainsi que du Quotient de Spectre Autistique, que nous présentons ci-après. Après avoir notamment développé le thème épineux de la mesure en psychologie et l’évolution historique du processus de validation, nous discutons des résultats de nos analyses afin de mettre finalement en exergue la difficile évaluation statistique et substantielle de l’ajustement des modèles de mesure, et plus largement de leur qualité, par l’analyse factorielle confirmatoire dont les apports et les limites sont esquissés.Doctorat en Sciences biomédicales et pharmaceutiques (Médecine)
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Cinquanta, Giulio <1988>. "Three essays on social mobility: mobility dimensions, welfare evaluation and questionnaires evidence." Doctoral thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/17802.
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The first chapter provides a theoretical contribution in the field of social welfare measurement and social choice over social
mobility matters. In the second chapter I develop an experimental questionnaire aiming at investigating individuals’ evaluation of social mobility, both in terms of inter-generational mobility and in terms of intra-generational mobility. In the third chapter I develop a further experimental questionnaire aiming at capturing individuals' perception about several mobility measures.
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Donahue, Ryan M. "PalmQues a Palm OS questionnaire system with database connectivity /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE1000120.
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Palazzi, Julien Yiou René. "Dysfonction érectile du diabétique et attitudes des médecins généralistes et endocrinologues enquête auprès de 130 patients /." Créteil : Université de Paris-Val-de-Marne, 2006. http://doxa.scd.univ-paris12.fr:80/theses/th0245207.pdf.
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Trivel, Damien. "Evaluer l'aptitude physique : étude de la validation du questionnaire Huet." Saint-Etienne, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004STET012T.
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Les études épidémiologiques sont nécessaires pour brosser des tableaux précis de l'état de santé d'une population afin d'adapter les programmes politiques de santé publique. Aujourd'hui, les progrès méthodologiques permettent la construction d'outils de plus en plus précis et objectifs comme les questionnaires qui permettent de répondre aux exigences économiques. L'objectif de ce travail est de vérifier la validation du questionnaire Huet. Cet outil estime VO2max en ml•kg-1•min-1. Différentes populations ont été étudiées : des sujets adultes valides, des sujets jeunes et des sujets atteints de diverses pathologies (Insuffisants Cardiaques, Blessés Médullaires). Nous avons comparé pour chaque population les résultats des VO2max mesurés en laboratoire avec ceux estimés par questionnaire.
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Schott, Doren Lee. "Fakability of a bio-data questionnaire and general intelligence." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1521.
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Brennan, Kendra Horstmyer. "The acceptability and utility of voir dire questionnaires in Florida circuit civil court." FIU Digital Commons, 2000. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1747.
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This study examined the acceptability and utility of the content of an extensive automobile tort voir dire questionnaire in Florida Circuit Civil Court. The ultimate purpose was to find questionnaire items from established measures that have demonstrated utility in uncovering biases that were at the same time not objectionable to the courts. The survey instrument included a venireperson questionnaire that used case-specific attitudinal and personality measures as well as typical information asked about personal history. The venireperson questionnaire incorporated measures that have proven reliable in other personal injury studies (Hans, & Lofquist, 1994). In order to examine judges' ratings, the questionnaire items were grouped into eight categories. Claims Consciousness scale measures general attitudes towards making claims based on one's legal rights. Belief in a Just World measures how sympathetic the juror would be to people who have suffered injuries. Political Efficacy is another general attitude scale that identifies attitudes towards the government. Litigation Crisis scales elicits attitudes about civil litigation. Case Specific Beliefs about Automobile Accidents and Litigation were taken from questionnaires developed and used in auto torts and other personal injury cases. Juror's personal history was divided into Demographics and Trial Relevant Attitudes. Ninety-seven circuit civil judges critiqued the questionnaire for acceptability, relevance to the type of case presented, and usefulness to attorneys for determining peremptories.
The majority of judges' responses confirmed that the central dimension in judicial thinking is juror qualification rather than juror partiality. Only three of the eight voir dire categories were considered relevant by more than 50 percent of the judges: Trial Relevant Experiences, Juror Demographics, and Tort Reform. Additionally, several acceptable items from generally disapproved categories were identified among the responses. These were general and case specific attitudinal items that are related to tort reform. We discuss the utility of voir dire items for discerning juror partiality.
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Hawkes, Nicholas C. "Process validity : an empirical and theoretical investigation of anxiety-related cognitive behavioural questionnaires." Thesis, University of East London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532574.
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