BACKGROUND In standard setting techniques involving panels of judges, the attributes of judges may affect the cut-scores. This simulation study modelled the effect of the number of judges and test items, as well as the impact of judges' attributes such as accuracy, stringency and influence on others on the precision of the cut-scores. METHODS Forty nine combinations of Angoff panels (N = 5, 1...

Fairness theory (R. Folger & R. Cropanzano, 1998, 2001) postulates that, particularly in the face of unfavorable outcomes, employees judge an organizational authority to be more responsible for their outcomes when the authority exhibits lower procedural fairness. Three studies lent empirical support to this notion. Furthermore, 2 of the studies showed that attributions of responsibility to the ...

QUESTIONS In Switzerland, evaluation of work capacity in individuals with mental disorders has come under criticism. We surveyed stakeholders about their concerns and expectations of the current claim process. METHODS We conducted a nationwide online survey among five stakeholder groups. We asked 37 questions addressing the claim process and the evaluation of work capacity, the maximum accept...

The Japanese “theory of presupposed ultimate facts” (called “Yokenjijitsu-ron” in Japanese) for interpreting the Japanese civil code has been underway for over forty years mainly by judges in the Japanese Legal Training Institute, but not yet formalized in a mathematical way. This paper attempts to mathematically formalize this theory and presents the correspondence between the theory and logic...

The work is devoted to identifying the main problems in field of principle legal proceedings context Covid-19 pandemic. research applies formal-legal, historical and legal, comparative modeling methodology. order issues be considered are as follows: first section, we will consider challenges threats justice that emerged during In second see judicial experience pandemic basic principles judiciar...