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Journal articles on the topic "Reading-accuracy tests"
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Makebo, Tadiwos Hambamo, Mebratu Mulatu Bachore, and Zeleke Arficho Ayele. "Investigating the Correlation Between Students’ Reading Fluency and Comprehension." Journal of Language Teaching and Research 13, no. 2 (March 1, 2022): 229–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1302.02.
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between students' reading fluency and comprehension. It is a correlational design. A purposive sampling technique was employed to select the district, school, students, and grade level. Accordingly, 100 students participated in the study. As the research was quantitative, reading comprehension tests and comprehension-based silent reading fluency tests were applied to collect data. The data was analyzed using statistical techniques like Pearson product-moment correlation and linear regression. The findings revealed that reading accuracy level and reading rate, which are the parameters of reading fluency, were strongly correlated (r =. 885, P < 0.01) with each other. However, silent reading fluency (SRF) had a moderate correlation with reading comprehension. Moreover, the reading rate had a strong positive correlation with reading accuracy (r =.885, p < 0.01, and reading comprehension (r =.410, p<0.01). In addition, the linear regression outputs confirmed that the higher the students' reading rate and accuracy level, the higher their reading comprehension (Beta = 0.42, t = 4.53, p < 0.05). It means that when reading rate and accuracy increase, so do their reading comprehension. The results suggest that reading rate and accuracy levels are valid measures of reading ability when students read silently with comprehension
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Smith, Kimberly G., and Anna E. Ryan. "Relationship Between Single Word Reading, Connected Text Reading, and Reading Comprehension in Persons With Aphasia." American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 29, no. 4 (November 12, 2020): 2039–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2020_ajslp-19-00135.
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Purpose This study examined the relationship between single word reading, connected text reading, and comprehension in persons with aphasia. Method Thirteen persons with aphasia read orally from the Arizona Battery for Reading and Spelling real-word and nonword lists and the Gray Oral Reading Tests–Fifth Edition. The comprehension questions following each paragraph of the Gray Oral Reading Tests–Fifth Edition were answered and scored. The Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia–Second Edition provided a measure of silent reading comprehension. Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation were used to examine associations among reading measures. Results Persons with aphasia showed associations between single word reading and connected text reading accuracy; however, single word reading ability was not associated with oral or silent reading comprehension. Conclusions Although preliminary, the findings provide support for word-level reading abilities underlying connected text reading accuracy but suggest additional cognitive mechanisms are involved in text-level reading comprehension that are not explained by single word reading alone. The findings indicate clinicians should use caution when inferring comprehension abilities from single word reading performance as reading comprehension abilities are likely best assessed using text-level comprehension assessments.
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Chaves-Sousa, Séli, Iolanda Ribeiro, Fernanda Leopoldina Viana, Ana Paula Vale, Sandra Santos, and Irene Cadime. "Validity Evidence of the Test of Word Reading for Portuguese Elementary Students." European Journal of Psychological Assessment 33, no. 6 (November 2017): 460–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000307.
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Abstract. This article presents data concerning the validity evidence of a test of word reading (TLP – Teste de Leitura de Palavras) that assesses single-word reading accuracy in Portuguese students from Grades 1 to 4. The test is composed of four vertically scaled forms, one for each grade, allowing for the evaluation of students’ word reading progression. In the internal structure-related evidence validity study, administration of the TLP to 905 Portuguese elementary students confirmed its one-dimensional structure. In the evidence based on the relationship with other variables’ study, 280 Portuguese elementary students were assessed with each TLP test form and criterion measures (reading tests, digit span, and vocabulary measures). Significant correlations were observed between results from the TLP test forms, reading instruments, short-term memory, and vocabulary measures. These results revealed adequate evidence based on internal structure and evidence based on the relationship to other variables of the TLP for the assessment of word reading accuracy in Portuguese elementary students.
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Craig, Holly K., Connie A. Thompson, Julie A. Washington, and Stephanie L. Potter. "Performance of Elementary-Grade African American Students on the Gray Oral Reading Tests." Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 35, no. 2 (April 2004): 141–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/0161-1461(2004/015).
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Purpose: African American students perform disproportionately more poorly on standardized reading assessments than their majority peers. Poor reading performances may be related to test biases inherent in standardized reading instruments. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the appropriateness of the Gray Oral Reading Tests-Third Edition (GORT-3; Wiederholt & Bryant, 1992) for assessing the reading abilities of elementary-grade African American students. Method: Performances of 65 typically developing African American second through fifth graders were examined on the GORT-3. Results: African American English (AAE) was produced by most students while reading passages from the GORT-3 that were written in Standard American English (SAE). A scoring correction for AAE resulted in a statistical improvement in the performance distributions, but this did not appear to be educationally significant. Measures of total feature production predicted reading accuracy and rate, but not comprehension. Clinical Implications: Findings are discussed in terms of the appropriateness of this instrument for use by speech-language pathologists as they contribute to curricular and classroom placement decisions in schools with large numbers of typically developing African American students.
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Roeyers, Herbert, Ann Buysse, Koen Ponnet, and Bert Pichal. "Advancing Advanced Mind‐reading Tests: Empathic Accuracy in Adults with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 42, no. 2 (February 2001): 271–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00718.
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VanMeveren, Kalie, David Hulac, and Sarah Wollersheim-Shervey. "Universal Screening Methods and Models: Diagnostic Accuracy of Reading Assessments." Assessment for Effective Intervention 45, no. 4 (December 28, 2018): 255–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534508418819797.
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Reading screening assessments help educators identify students who are at risk of reading and determine the need for intervention and supports. However, some schools screen and assess students more often than needed, and the additional information does not improve the accuracy of decisions. This may be especially true for students at the upper elementary grades who have already taken high-stakes tests. This exploratory study evaluated how accurately a variety of screening measures predicted performance on a high-stakes end of year test for fourth- and fifth-grade students. Results of this study indicated that previous scores on the statewide assessment and computer-adaptive assessment best predicted student performance on a high-stakes reading test (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment—Third Edition). When comparing screening models, a two-gate approach appeared to be the best method for identifying student risk.
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Huwailah, Amsal Hadi, and Masad Naghah Abu Al Diyar. "Phonological awareness and spatial visual memory among sample of dyslexic children." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS] 8, no. 2 (July 15, 2017): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jass.vol8iss2pp59-79.
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This study aims to identify the relationship between phonological awareness and spatial visual memory, as well as, to detect the differences between Kuwaiti males and females and non-Kuwaitis with regard to reading learning difficulties in certain variables. The study adopts a comparative descriptive approach and uses sample of 350 primary students (3-5 grades) with reading learning difficulties (200 males and 150 females) Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis. Their ages ranged between 8- 10 years. Phonological awareness test and spatial visual memory test are applied. The findings of the study show that there is a statistically significant positive correlation between the components of phonological awareness tests (syllable & phoneme deletion test and non-word reading accuracy test) and between spatial visual memory tests (Forward Spatial Span Test and Backward Spatial Span Test) from males and females sample. There are no significant differences between males and females in phonological awareness skills (phoneme deletion test, and non-word reading accuracy test). Females show better performance than males in spatial visual memory tasks (Forward Spatial Span Test and Backward Spatial Span Test). Non-Kuwaitis show better performance than Kuwaitis in phonological awareness skills (syllable & phoneme deletion, and non-word reading accuracy test) and in spatial visual memory tasks (Forward Spatial Span Test and Backward Spatial Span Test). The results of the regression suggested that the integration of sounds is the only test that can predict reading disabilities. As (syllable & phoneme deletion, and t non-word reading accuracy test) are the most predictable of spatial visual memory.
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Ijalba, Elizabeth, Alicia Bustos, and Sayume Romero. "Phonological–Orthographic Deficits in Developmental Dyslexia in Three Spanish–English Bilingual Students." American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 29, no. 3 (August 4, 2020): 1133–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2020_ajslp-19-00175.
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Introduction The purpose of this study is to present three case studies of developmental dyslexia in dual-language learners (DLLs) and our assessment process. We identify how phonological and orthographic deficits influence reading outcomes. We review the literature on theoretical models of bilingualism and reading models of developmental dyslexia to guide the assessment process through a multicomponential approach. We point out differences in the manifestation of dyslexia in more and less transparent writing systems. We suggest that reading instruction in Spanish can afford benefits to English–Spanish DLLs with developmental dyslexia. Method The study included three participants, two in fifth grade (10.3–11.7 years) and one in college (18.7 years). The assessment battery included reading nonwords and sight words (Test of Word Reading Efficiency); reading accuracy, fluency, and comprehension (Gray Oral Reading Tests–Fourth Edition); phonological awareness subtests (Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing); and rapid automatized naming tests. A language and reading history interview was elicited from the mothers. In addition, we analyzed the participants' phonemic and word errors in reading. Results Our three participants showed core phonological deficits, with decreased performance in decoding nonwords and low accuracy in reading aloud. In spite of their reading and writing deficits, reading comprehension was within average levels for the three participants in this study. Conclusions We show the importance of assessing reading processes in students with a history of reading and writing problems. Our findings are based on three single case studies and are not generalizable. Our aim is to stimulate questions and research on dyslexia and the particular needs of DLLs.
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Carver, Ronald P. "What Do Standardized Tests of Reading Comprehension Measure in Terms of Efficiency, Accuracy, and Rate?" Reading Research Quarterly 27, no. 4 (1992): 346. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/747674.
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Shinn, Mark R., Gerald A. Tindal, and Deborah A. Spira. "Special Education Referrals as an Index of Teacher Tolerance: Are Teachers Imperfect Tests?" Exceptional Children 54, no. 1 (September 1987): 32–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001440298705400104.
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The academic performances and naturally occurring characteristics of students referred by regular education classroom teachers for possible placement in special education programs were examined. Curriculum Based Assessment procedures were used with 570 grade 2 through 6 students referred because of reading difficulties. Teacher bias was examined by comparing the reading performances of referred students as a function of their sex and ethnicity and by comparing the percentages of students to the base rate population of low reading performers. Teacher accuracy was investigated using “narrow band” or “broad band” definitions. Findings indicated that teachers are both accurate and biased in the referral process. The implications of the findings are discussed in relationship to current identification practices and to the suggestion that teachers be treated as tests in lieu of current practice.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Reading-accuracy tests"
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(14009902), Susan A. Galletly. "An exploration of rapid-use reading-accuracy tests in an Australian context." Thesis, 2008. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/An_exploration_of_rapid-use_reading-accuracy_tests_in_an_Australian_context/21397605.
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When compared to western countries such as the USA, Australia has made relatively little use of reading-accuracy tests at the school level. This is despite there being readily available rapid-use reading-accuracy tests such as the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS, Good & Kaminski, 2002a), and the Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE, Torgesen, Wagner, & Rashotte, 1999).
Current developments such as the publication of the report of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy (NITL) have given impetus to addressing this issue. This investigation explores the use of both the DIBELS and TOWRE tests to establish their usefulness in Australian school settings for the following purposes:
- Providing reliable achievement data for monitoring reading-accuracy achievement at school level.
- Providing useful qualitative diagnostic data.
- Building school and teacher understanding of reading-accuracy development, assessment and instruction.
- Building school and teacher effectiveness in instructional decision-making from test-data, to improve reading-accuracy instruction and achievement.
The results from the investigation indicate that both DIBELS and TOWRE tests are suitable for the above stated purposes. The results intimate a need to establish norms for Australian use of the tests, and value in developing specific additional tests.
Based on the findings of this research, a number of recommendations have been made towards Australian use of DIBELS and TOWRE tests. A model of reading-accuracy development is also presented for use in Australian reading instruction.
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Christ, Theodore James. "The effects of passage -difficulty on CBM progress monitoring outcomes: Stability and accuracy." 2002. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3068546.
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Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) has become an increasingly popular instrument/methodology for reading assessment. In part, its popularity derives from promises of formative assessment (i.e., progress monitoring). However, a review of the literature suggests CBM formative assessment applications may lack the requisite reliability evidence. Furthermore, available research provides support and direction to improve the accuracy and stability of formative assessment outcomes. The primary purpose of this research was to evaluate and compare the effects of a controlled set of reading passages on student performance. Researchers developed a controlled set of Curriculum Like Measurement (CLM) reading passages from a sample of unfamiliar grade-specific reading curriculums. Each grade-specific passage-set was controlled for passage-difficulty using the Spache and Dale-Chall readability formulas. Analysis compared CBM and CLM formative assessment outcomes. A second purpose of this study was to compare short-term (10-week) assessment outcomes with the negatively accelerating developmental trends that have been documented with long-term assessment (i.e., 36-week). Analysis tested for differences in stability of growth-estimates [SE(b)], accuracy of predictions (SEE), and observed growth-rates/slope (b). 99 students in grades second to fifth participated over 10 weeks. Results suggest CLM progress monitoring outcomes are more stable and accurate than CBM. Results did not demonstrate the negatively accelerating curvilinear relationship between grades. Results and implications are discussed.
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KUO, Tsui-Chin, and 郭翠琴. "The effect of learning scientific texts with “self-generated idea unit standards” on college students’ reading comprehension and calibration accuracy." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04030243832510068161.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
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Based on the metacognition theories of Flavell (1979), Nelson and Narens (1990, 1994), this study adopted the “evaluation standards” and “cognitive evaluation” in the “model of self-regulation” developed by Winne and Hadwin (1998) and ”Absolute Accuracy Index“ developed by Schraw (2009). Extending the experimental design of Dunlosky, Hartwig, Rawson, and Lipko (2011), fifty-three college students were recruited from Science and Engineering Departments, excluding those who major in Physics, Chemistry, and Electronic Engineering. The experimental group (n = 27) was instructed to learn from a scientific text with “self-generated idea unit standards”. The procedure of the experimental group started with an instruction of dividing each concept into several idea units, then the students themselves generated the idea units as a reading standard (i.e., the basis for ensuring conceptual understanding). The control group (n = 26) read the scientific text without any instruction. This study investigated whether reading comprehension (assessed by definition and short-answer questions) and calibration accuracy would be improved by generating idea units as a reading standard for the scientific text. The results showed that for definition questions, reading comprehension and calibration accuracy of the experimental group were significantly better than that of the control group. Concerning the short-answer questions, the experimental group performed slightly better than the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant. There was no significant difference in calibration accuracy between the experimental and the control groups. In addition, correlational analyses showed that with better skill to generate idea units during the instruction, these participants were more likely to apply the skill in the post-test and self-judgment, had better post-test scores and more accurate judgment.
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Lopes, Ana Rita Guimarães Teixeira de Novais. "Test of reading fluency: validation studies." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/30469.
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Dissertação de mestrado integrado em PsicologiaResearch on reading fluency highlights the importance of this skill in the assessment of children with reading disabilities. The number of words correctly read per minute is the index mostly frequently used. Recently, some criticism have been made to this procedure considering that it can lead to an under identification of children with reading difficulties, suggesting that assessment for more than one minute periods is required. The aim of this study was to gather evidence of the reliability, validity and diagnostic accuracy of the Test of Reading Fluency (TFL – Teste de Fluência de Leitura) for Portuguese elementary students. The students are asked to read aloud during one, two and three minutes. Two studies were conducted. In the first (n=349) concurrent and predictive validity was investigated using correlations between the TFL with other reading tests and teachers assessment. Results were compared by gender and grade. To examine the predictive validity and diagnostic accuracy of TFL a logistic regression and the ROC curve were calculated. In the second (n=175) was examine the test-retest reliability. Results suggest that TFL as an adequate validity and reliability properties, allowing the identification of children at-risk for reading disabilities.
Pesquisas sobre fluência de leitura destacam a sua importância na avaliação de crianças com dificuldades de leitura. O número de palavras lidas corretamente por minuto é o índice mais utilizado. Contudo, algumas críticas têm sido feitas, por considerarem que este procedimento pode levar a uma sub identificação de crianças com dificuldades de leitura, sugerindo que a avaliação deve ser feita por períodos superiores a um minuto. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar a fidelidade, validade e precisão de diagnóstico do Teste de Fluência de Leitura (TFL) para alunos do 1º. ciclo. Os alunos devem ler um texto oralmente durante um, dois e três minutos. Foram realizados dois estudos. No primeiro (n = 349) foi analisada a validade concorrente e preditiva e investigadas as correlações entre o TFL com outros testes de leitura e avaliação de professores. Os resultados foram comparados por sexo e ano. Para examinar a validade preditiva e a precisão diagnóstica do TFL calculou-se a regressão logística e a curva ROC. No segundo (n = 175) foi analisado a fidelidade teste-reteste. Os resultados sugerem que o TFL apresenta propriedades adequadas de validade e de fidelidade, permitindo a identificação de crianças em risco para deficiência na leitura.
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Huang, Chih-Ching, and 黃智清. "The Test and Audit of Relative Accuracy Detected by Indoor Air Quality CO, CO2 and O3 Monitoring Devices and Direct Reading Instruments." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/uhqr86.
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At present, regarding to the equipments for indoor air quality detect, except for the standard analysis equipment certified by the Environmental Analysis Laboratory, there is other equipment called Commercial Direct Reading Instrument, which has various advantages of timely analysis, easy-carry, quiet, easy operation, cheap price and cheap testing fee. Therefore, this Research makes a Relative Accuracy Test Audit of Commercial Direct Reading Instrument by using certified standard analysis equipment, which we expect to add the confidence level of the data detected by Commercial Direct Reading Instrument. There are two parts of this research. Firstly is to set up an adjustment method of Commercial Direct Reading Instrument and research method of Relative Accuracy Test Audit. Then use the same adjustment method on other several Commercial Direct Reading Instruments to proceed with the Relative Accuracy Test Audit under different Temperature Environment and use the standard analysis instrument. From the Test Audit, it can increase the accuracy confidence level of Commercial Direct Reading by setting up the quantity Line and adjusting the Linear Return. When the air concentration is over 50% of Classified II “Indoor Air Quality Reference Regulation”, the overall accuracy of CO is much better, which is 3.26% and 5.40%, then the second is CO2, and the last is O3. When the air concentration is under 50% of Classified II “ Indoor Air Quality Reference Regulation”, The overall accuracy of CO is 4.91% and 7.22%, and CO2 is at 5.81%, and O3 is at 9.36%. Therefore, from this Research, the Relative Accuracy of Commercial Direct Reading Instrument is worse when the air concentration is low. Under the temperature condition, the Relative Accuracy is much better when the temperature is at 20℃~25℃.
Books on the topic "Reading-accuracy tests"
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Blow, David. Outline of Crystallography for Biologists. Oxford University Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198510512.001.0001.
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Outline of Crystallography for Biologists is intended for researchers and students in the biological sciences who require an insight into the methods of X-ray crystallography without needing to learn all the relevant theory. The main text is purely descriptive and is readable by those with minimal mathematical knowledge. Some mathematical detail is given throughout in boxes, but these can be ignored. Theory is limited to the essentials required to comprehend issues of quality. There is an extensive reference section and suggestions for further reading for those who wish to delve deeper. The first part 'Fundamentals' presents the underlying ideas which allow x-ray structure analysis to be carried out and provides an appropriate background to courses in structural determination. The second part 'Practice' gives more information about the procedures employed in the course of crystal structure determination. The emphasis is on the quality measures of X-ray diffraction analysis to give the reader a critical insight into the quality and accuracy of a structure determination and to enable the reader to appreciate which parts of a structure determination may have caused special difficulty. There is no pretence of completeness and many matters discussed in standard crystallography texts are deliberately omitted. However, issues not brought out in the standard texts are discussed, making it a useful resource for non-practising crystallographers as well.
Book chapters on the topic "Reading-accuracy tests"
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Morlini, Isabella, Giacomo Stella, and Maristella Scorza. "Some Experimental Results on the Role of Speed and Accuracy of Reading in Psychometric Tests." In Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 315–25. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05552-7_27.
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Abubaker, Azza A., and Joan Lu. "Experiment 3." In Examining Information Retrieval and Image Processing Paradigms in Multidisciplinary Contexts, 222–46. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1884-6.ch012.
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Although experimental studies have shown a strong impact of text layout on the legibility of e- text, many digital texts appearing in eBook or the Internet use different designs, so that there is no straightforward answer in the literature over which one to follow when designing e- material. Therefore, in this chapter we shall focus on the text layout, particularly the influence of line length. This experiment is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the factor of line length by studying its effect on reading speed and accuracy using various columns [one column and two columns] with each page having the same amount of information. The second part tests a new approach which basically assumes that by using different colours for the first and last word of each line, it will improve students' reading level. This hypothesis was based on pervious findings over the difficulty of being able to immediately locate the following line (Chan and Lee 2005). In addition, this approach was based on explanation of the eye movement which, in the reading process, does not scan a line but stops for about ¼ of a second before jumping to new place such as at the end of the line when the eye goes back to the beginning of the new line.
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Gulla, Jon Atle, Özlem Özgöbek, and Xiaomeng Su. "Exploratory News Recommendation." In Developments and Trends in Intelligent Technologies and Smart Systems, 1–15. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3686-4.ch001.
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Research on mobile news recommendation has become popular over the last few years, though the news domain is challenging and there are still few advanced commercial systems with success. This paper presents the exploratory news recommender system under development in the SmartMedia program. In exploratory news recommendation the reader can compose his own recommendation strategies on the fly and use deep semantic content analysis to extract prominent entities and navigate between relevant content at a semantic level. The readers are more likely to read a larger share of the relevant recommended articles, as there is no need to browse long tedious lists of articles or post explicit queries. The assumption is that more active and exploring readers will make implicit feedback more complete and more consistent with the readers' real interests. Tests shows a 5.14% improvement of accuracy when our collaborative filtering component is enriched with implicit feedback that combines correlations between explicit ratings with the reading times of articles viewed by readers.
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Fayed, Karim, Birgit Franken, and Kay Berkling. "Understanding the use of eye-tracking recordings to measure and classify reading ability in elementary children school." In CALL for widening participation: short papers from EUROCALL 2020, 69–74. Research-publishing.net, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.48.1167.
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The iRead EU Project has released literacy games for Spanish, German, Greek, and English for L1 and L2 acquisition. In order to understand the impact of these games on reading skills for L1 German pupils, the authors employed an eye-tracking recording of pupils’ readings on a weekly basis as part of an after-school reading club. This work seeks to first understand how to interpret the eye-tracker data for such a study. Five pupils participated in the project and read short texts over the course of five weeks. The resulting data set was extensive enough to perform preliminary analysis on how to use the eye-tracking data to provide information on skill acquisition looking at pupils’ reading accuracy and speed. Given our set-up, we can show that the eye-tracker is accurate enough to measure relative reading speed between long and short vowels for selected 2-syllable words. As a result, eye-tracking data can visualize three different types of beginning readers: memorizers, pattern learners, and those with reading problems.
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Bavendiek, Ulrike. "Using machine translation as a parallel text to access literature for modern language learning." In Innovative language teaching and learning at university: facilitating transition from and to higher education, 57–67. Research-publishing.net, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2022.56.1373.
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Parallel texts in the form of Graded Readers have a long tradition in foreign language learning. When presenting the translation in the reader’s first language alongside the target language text, parallel texts offer access to literary texts, to their stories, characters, plot developments, and cultural content, without the need for time-consuming vocabulary or grammar searches, which would otherwise distract from the enjoyment of the texts. This chapter will describe and evaluate a teaching activity that makes use of Google translation as parallel text. This activity exploits the inconsistencies and obvious mistakes of the English machine translation as incentives to undertake close reading of the affected passages in the original foreign language text and to suggest a better translation. It allows beginners and intermediate students to benefit from the aesthetic qualities of literary texts while developing their grammatical accuracy and cultural understanding through focus on form. The evaluation of its effectiveness will be based on class discussions. Pedagogic translation exercises are used to promote deep engagement with the foreign language. At the same time, the students learn to appreciate the complexities of translation both as a process and as a product and develop a critical understanding of translated, especially machine translated, text. The opportunity to improve inferior machine translations while engaging with rich, multi-layered literary texts is shown to be a motivating activity for language learners, who also develop their digital literacy with an understanding of the shortcomings of machine translations.
Conference papers on the topic "Reading-accuracy tests"
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Augenstein, Don, Herb Estrada, Ernie Hauser, Ed Madera, Steven Keijers, Frank Bertels, Rudi Hoefnagels, Eric Gorleer, Dirk Beirnaert, and Peter Goorden. "CFD Prediction of Hydraulic Effects on External Ultrasonic Flowmeters: A Case Study." In 14th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone14-89513.
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External ultrasonic flow meters installed in a nuclear power plant feedwater system were suspected of containing a conservative bias (high reading) despite having been calibrated in a scale model laboratory test. Several independent measures of plant power level indicated that the bias could be as high as 2.0%. The first step in resolving the discrepancy was the construction of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the hydraulic configurations in which the flow meters were tested in the lab. The CFD model closely matched the original calibration test results. The CFD model for real plant geometry including certain upstream hydraulic features predicted calibration changes of the same sign and order of magnitude as the suspected bias. These upstream elements were absent in the original hydraulic model test. As a consequence of this finding, these additional features were included in new hydraulic calibration tests. Some effects predicted by the CFD model were verified and traceably confirmed, while others were contradicted by the data from the new model. Final calibration test results confirmed the presence of a bias, although not of the magnitude originally suspected. The calibration results provide a traceable measurement basis for use of the flow meters within their specified accuracy after correction for the bias. By use of a chordal ultrasonic flowmeter, velocity profile (pointed-ness) and swirl rates were measured during the tests. The tests, together with the velocity profile information from the CFD simulations, provided insights into the errors and omissions in the original calibration model tests and the assumptions on which the model was based. Finally the calibration tests highlight the strengths and limitations of CFD models for work of this kind.
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Wachtel, SeanWolfgang, Breanna Hassett, Zhi Qiao, Prudhvi Tej Chinimilli, and Wenlong Zhang. "Design and Characterization of Shoe Embedded Pressure Sensors for Gait Analysis and Rehabilitation." In 2017 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2017-3424.
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In clinical gait therapy, the quality of gait analysis is critical for developing a training plan and monitoring patient progress. Ground contact forces (GCFs) are often recorded to estimate joint torques which can quantify a patient’s needs and strength development. They are also useful in designing and controlling rehabilitative and assistive devices. In clinical gait analysis, force plates are used to measure GCFs objectively and precisely [1, 2]. Currently, forces sensitive resistors (FSR) are often used as a mobile platform to measure GCFs. FSR based platforms exhibit considerable hysteresis and have low durability, some requiring replacement after only 5-hour long uses. As an alternative to FSR, a pair of sensor-embedded shoes (smart shoes) relying on air pressure sensors has been presented in previous research [3]. Some details regarding the precise characteristics of the sensing abilities were unknown, though, generating unanticipated errors during use. In this paper, the sensing units of wireless smart shoes are characterized and tested to verify their capability to provide real-time and accurate GCF measurements. For the prototype, silicon tubes were sealed on one end, wound into coils, secured to the underside of the shoe’s insole at four points of interest (heel, toe, the first and fourth metatarsophalangeal joint) routed outside the shoe, and their open ends are connected to air pressure sensors as shown in Fig. 1(a). The pressure sensors were placed on a circuit board along with a battery and microcontroller responsible for reading sensor outputs and wirelessly communicating data to a nearby device, as shown in Fig. 1(c). The sensing unit on the lateral side of the shoe is 1.2″ × 1.3″ × 3.95″. A series of calibration tests were first performed on the tube-insole subsystem in isolation to test linearity, repeatability, and hysteresis. Then practical experiments were performed on a healthy subject to determine the accuracy of GCF measurement. A previously presented hysteresis filter was implemented in practical testing [4].
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Johnston, M., and M. Andrew. "EVALUATION OF AN AUTOMATED COAGULATION ANALYZER." In XIth International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Schattauer GmbH, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1643253.
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The ACL (IL-Automated Coagulation Laboratory from the Fisher Scientific Group) is the first microcentrifugal analyzer incorporating 2 reading channels, a coagulometric channel consisting of a laser light source and a chromogenic channel consisting of a halogen light source. We have evaluated the instrument for precision and accuracy using different reagents for both clotting and the chromogenic assays. Replicate samples were run in both the PT and APTT modes using 4 different reagents. The reagent with the least particles had the greatest precision. The mean values for APTTs and PTs using a particle free reagent were 68.7 ± .83“ for the APTT (C.V. 1.2%), and 30.2 ± .33” (C.V. 1.1%) for the PT. A fibrinogen assay measured on the ACL (delta light scatter of the prothrombin time) was compared to the Clause fibrinogen assay in three population groups: the adult, the newborn and patients receiving thrombolytic therapy. The correlation for the adult and newborn was good with r values of .911 (n = 51) and .96 (n = 36) respectively. The thrombolytic therapy group had poor correlation r = .32. Antithrombin III (ATIII) and a2 antiplasmin (AP) assays were measured on the ACL using IIs chromogenic method. These were compared to an ATIII chromogenic method (Kahle) using a Gilford SBA 300 analyzer and α2 AP assay using a Protopath (Dade). The correlations were ATIII, r=.95 and α2 AP, r=.82. The plasminogen method of Friberger was adapted to the ACL giving us comparable results to those read off the Gilford SBA 300 (r=.93). With the introduction of the ACL we have been able to: 1) reduce the technical time required for assays by one half; 2) reduce reagent costs by one half to three-quarters; 3) reduce the amount of plasma required for screening tests by half the volume, which has greatly facilitated neonatal coagulation testing
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Althobaiti, Abdulrahman, Fadl Abdellatif, Ali Alrasheed, Hassane Trigui, Ahmed Alsaadi, and Sahejad Patel. "AR Gauge Scanner Mobile Application." In Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207441-ms.
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Abstract This paper showcases an innovative mobile application powered by IR4.0 technologies including augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI). The purpose of this application is to enable digital transformation of analog gauges, digitize their measurements, automate historical data storage, visualize trends, and provide useful information about the gauge to the operator. Utilizing this application will replace the current practice of manual recording of readings in order to reduce human errors as well as promote operational efficiency. With this application, the operator simply points the mobile device's camera towards the gauge and the image is converted to a digital measurement using computer vision algorithms. The digitized readings are sent to a remote database for recordkeeping and data analytics. In order to identify which gauge is being scanned, which is necessary for proper recordkeeping, the application detects a unique QR-code tag attached to the gauge. Additionally, the application utilizes AR technology to overlay gauge specific information (such as gauge type, safe operating range, fluid type, etc.) along with the digitized reading. Visualization of historical readings is another feature in the application that assists the operator in trend monitoring and decision making. Preliminary tests for the prototype application were carried out in a laboratory environment to demonstrate the working principle of this application. Although the technology is in its early stages of development, it shows promising results in terms of accuracy and speed of the computer vision algorithms to detect and digitize the analog gauges. The historical data recorded by the application can also be accessed via the control room using a web interface, where information from various gauges can be retrieved and visualized for analysis and monitoring. Overall, the presented application integrates computer vision and augmented reality to provide an effective solution for digitizing analog gauges while promoting digital transformation efforts within the industry.
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Pollio, Pasquale, Gianluca Fortunato, Salvatore Spagnolo, Gianni Baldassarri, Pasquale Cappuccio, Vincenzo Mittiga, Roberto Cherri, et al. "Successful Zonal Isolation in Complex Fractured Carbonate Scenario Using Thixotropic Gel and Hybrid Electric-Fiber Cable Coiled Tubing Technology." In Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207447-ms.
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Abstract Water production has always afflicted mature fields due to the uneconomical nature of high water cut (WC) wells and the high cost of water management. Rigless coiled tubing (CT) interventions with increasingly articulated operating procedures are the key to a successful water reduction. In the scenario presented in this paper, high technological through tubing water shut off (WSO) for a long horizontal open hole (OH) well in a naturally fractured carbonate reservoir leads the way to new opportunities of production optimization. Engineering phase included sealant fluid re-design: the peculiar well architecture and fracture systems led to the customization of a sealant gel by modifying its rheological properties through laboratory tests, to improve effectiveness of worksite operations. A new ad-hoc procedure was defined, with a new selective pumping and testing technique tailored to each drain fracture. The use of Real-Time Hybrid Coiled Tubing Services (CT with fiber optic system coupled with real time capabilities of an electric cable) made it possible to optimize intervention reliability. Details of the operating procedure are given, with the aim of ensuring a successful outcome of the overall treatment Sealing gels are effective in plugging the formation, but in fractured environments the risk of losing the product before it starts to build viscosity is high. The success of the water shut off job has been obtained by using specific gel with thixotropic properties for an effective placement. In addition, the pumping has been performed in steps, each followed by a pressure test to assess the effectiveness of the plugging. Results are compared to two past interventions with equal scope in the same well: a first one with high volume of gel and an unoptimized pumping technique through CT and a second where a water reactive product was pumped by bullheading. The selective and repetitive approach pumping multiple batches of sealant system with CT stationary in front of a single fracture provided the best results from all three techniques. The real-time bottom hole data reading capability provided by hybrid CT allowed the placement of thru tubing bridge plugs (BP) with high accuracy and confidence with the ability to set electrically, therefore reducing risks related to hydraulic setting tools (i.e. premature setting). This also allows continual pumping during the run in hole (RIH) to clean up the zone prior to setting the BP. The combination of this innovative pumping technique and customization of the sealant fluid made it possible to achieve unprecedented water reduction in the field. The high technology CT supported the operation by providing continuous power and telemetry to the bottom hole assembly (BHA) for real time (RT) downhole diagnostics. Moreover, the operating procedures offer basic guidelines to successfully perform water shut off jobs in any other reservoir independent of its geological nature and structure.
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Brown, Warren. "Improving and Simplifying Leakage Based Flange Design." In ASME 2005 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2005-71342.
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This paper outlines a new method of determining flange design information from gasket leakage test data. The method is intended to greatly reduce the complexity of leakage based flange design, whilst improving the accuracy. The basis of the method is the conversion of gasket leakage test results into the existing ASME “m” & “y” values. Commentary on the existing ASME and CEN leakage based design methods is provided and the advantage of the new method over both is clearly detailed. This paper guides the flange designer in the pitfalls of leakage based flange design from both a technical and practical perspective and, as such, is important reading for anyone involved in pressure vessel or piping design or operation.
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Zheng, Yu, and Zhanxun Dong. "An experimental study on the applicability of Fusion display and Overlay display of AR smart city data and information." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001729.
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Background Smart digital twin cities digitally create virtual models of urban systems,It simulates the behavior of physical entities in a realistic environment with the help of data . And through virtual and real interactive feedback, data fusion analysis, decision iterative optimization and other means to design and build smart city platforms, Thus adding or extending new capabilities to smart city management.In conjunction with the trend towards AR glasses， paperless information design，the visual expression of information models, will be an important trend in the future, In demand for AR smart city related information reading, The right visual expression can assist managers in their exploration of the city's data.The key to AR information presentation is the presentation of the information, i.e. the way information is covered. Based on past research findings，There are two most conventional and operational ways to present，Fusion display and Overlay display. However, which one to use as the dominant form of presentation needs to be explored experimentally.Method In order to investigate which is more suitable for smart city data overlay, Fusion display or Overlay display. This experiment used Rhino 3D tools to build a 3D model of the city, The model contains three smart city operation scenarios: building equipment operation status, community power management system, and smart operation of business district，The content of the message is consistent in each scenario，while it is expressed through both Fusion display and Overlay display. Twenty identical questions and answers were set up for each comparison group's information presentation.The experiment will last for five weeks and the number of recruits will be 32, Recruiters are divided into groups A and B, each with sixteen members. The experiment required the subject to be able to read 12pt Arial regular characters without wearing glasses，Group A uses Fusion display, Group B uses Overlay display，Comparison of accuracy of information delivery and fatigue of information reading by subjects after test subjects have completed the same information questionnaire，The applicability of the interface was verified using the NASA- TLX scale. The specific experiments are as follows：(1)Information accuracy test session, this session is for the experimenter to wear the TOBII eye-movement instrument and conduct a 2 question visual expression test to ensure that the experimenter is familiar with the experimental process.(2) Cognitive experiment, the experimenter first read the questions carefully, after clarifying the questions, the experimenter picked up the tablet computer for AR overlay on the images, then the subject looked at the centre of the screen, received the "start" command, clicked on the centre of the screen and started reading to find information and complete the questions, a total of 5 groups of 20 questions, the experimenter recorded the time for each question.(3）Fatigue experiment, in this session, we ask the experimenter to test the fatigue of reading information in two types of visual information presentation: Fusion display and Overlay display，after the experimenter says "start", the experimenter will carry out a 10-minute information reading task of the same type of visual information presentation, read the information in the diagram The test is completed with multiple-choice questions. After reading the same type of visual expression, a five-minute break is taken and another visual expression reading task follows.(4）Interface usability questionnaires, in which the subjects are asked to evaluate the experimental interface according to their own circumstances, fill in an experimental research questionnaire and provide preferences and experimental suggestionsResultAt the end of the experiment, questionnaires, question completion schedules, eye-tracking point charts, thermograms, eye-beat charts and point analysis charts were collected from the AB group, and conclusions were generated through statistical analysis of the experimental data,The results are as follows：1) In terms of correctness data analysis, the Fusion display has a significantly lower correctness rate than the Overlay display2) In terms of completion efficiency, the Fusion display is significantly slower than the Overlay display in recognitionConclusion(1)Under the task-oriented experiment, users in the Fusion display were more focused on text.(2)Users who used the Fusion display f tended to search more in the central area.(3)Users' subjective feedback shows that fusion displays are preferred because they are more technological in nature(4)The range of eye movements of the subjects in the Fusion display is wider, while in the Overlay display, the trajectory of the subjects' eye movements is concentrated on the layer information. (5)The saturated color module has a higher number of user attentions
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Cao, Zhanhao. "A Context-Aware Vocabulary Management and Reading Assistance System using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing." In 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ARIN 2022). Academy and Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/csit.2022.121007.
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Through the increase in the popularity of online reading, many people rely on online dictionaries to further understand the text [1]. However, looking up a word manually is a great inconvenience as well as a form of distraction [2]. This paper develops a chrome extension to automatically detect the difficult words for each user, and provide the words’ associated definition with a mouse hover. The chrome extension can be customized by adding and removing personal difficult words and personal easy words [3]. Also, the chrome extension offers a deeper level of analytic, including the system analyzing part of speech of the world, to further understand the definition of a selected word or sentence. The chrome extension is applied to a school/work setting in order to improve the working efficiency by providing a simple model to analyze the word definition; it is also useful for casual reading, especially to those that aren’t fluent in English. Following the strict SDLC model, the end of the testing stage reflects that most of the users gave positive feedback to the chrome extension with most of the comments centered around convenience and accuracy [4]. Through alpha testing and a small sample of beta testing, the Chrome extension presents productivity improvement on difficult texts.
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Oktavianty, Oke. "THE DESIGN OF TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION BATH USING THE QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD) APPROACH." In International conference on Innovation and Technology. JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21776/ub.jiat.2021.se.01.006.
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A temperature calibration bath is a calibrator with a uniform liquid enclosure that can be set to a certain temperature for the test point. In this study, a product design was carried out to make a temperature calibration bath instrument by modifying several parts so that it could achieve the desired temperature interval. The QFD approach was used to design tools that are in accordance with the Voice of Customer, among which are a wide temperature range, rust-resistant materials, ease of maintenance and operation, high accuracy, and affordable prices. Furthermore, the design also considered ease of reading the instrument, uniformity and stability of temperature, and speed of temperature change using the appropriate propeller and stirrer. The technical response was determined systematically to fulfil the customer’s wants and needs until the specifications of temperature calibration bath with oil operating fluid was decided.
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Cho, Jay, Scarlett R. Miller, Timothy W. Simpson, and Steven B. Shooter. "Effects of Over-the-Counter Medication Product Family Packaging Design on Knowledge Acquisition and Consumer Preferences." In ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2014-35328.
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Adverse drug events result in hospitalization of more than 1.5 million Americans each year leading to large increases in health care costs. Although researchers have shown that a large portion of these adverse drug events are preventable, most Americans admit to only reading portions of over-the-counter (OTC) labeling, and only half say they seek out information on the label for usage information when they take an OTC medication for the first time. It is important then that we carefully consider what packaging features can motivate consumers to more thoughtfully consider the use of the OTC medicine and how packaging commonality within a product family influences the correct selection of these medications. In order to understand these questions, a controlled study was conducted with sixty-four participants who were asked to complete a Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (s-TOFHLA), a medication selection questionnaire that required participants to select the appropriate medication based on a given set of symptoms, and a packaging label ratings questionnaire. Two medication brands with five different types of package designs were studied. Product family commonality metrics were used to analyze the similarity among these simulated products, and statistical analyses were performed on the selection time and accuracy data obtained. The results illustrated that variations in labeling and product family packaging design significantly impact the accuracy and efficiency of medication decision-making and thus has the potential to reduce adverse drug events made during the OTC medication selection process.