Context.—The rapid growth of the Internet has triggered an information revolution of unprecedented magnitude. Despite its obvious benefits, the increase in the availability of information could also result in many potentially harmful effects on both consumers and health professionals who do not use it appropriately. Objectives.—To identify instruments used to rate Web sites providing health inf...

Literary awards have been analyzed within the system of book and ratings in Ukraine; their characteristics studied along with criteria for selection texts editions, assessment methodology as well impact on recognition authors books Ukraine beyond. Selected analysis were already published texts, thus focus is placed awards, rankings. In order to develop a literary works part systematization unde...

In this study, the researcher used the many-facet Rasch measurement model (MFRM) to detect two pervasive rater errors among peer-assessors rating EFL essays. The researcher also compared the ratings of peer-assessors to those of teacher assessors to gain a clearer understanding of the ratings of peer-assessors. To that end, the researcher used a fully crossed design in which all peer-assessors ...

Upper and lower gastrointestinal dysautonomia symptoms (GIDS)--sialorrhea, dysphagia, and constipation are common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and often socially as well as physically disabling for patients. Available invasive quantitative measures for assessing these symptoms and their response to therapy are time-consuming, require specialized equipment, can cause patient discomfort and presen...

OBJECTIVES To use the repertory grid technique as a method for identifying and rating the criteria that clinicians use to make a choice between the different treatment options for patients with a common condition such as varicose veins. DESIGN The "expert panel" consensus method for rating the appropriateness of clinical procedures was modified with an existing psychometric method, the repert...

In a controlled experiment using Comrade, a computer-supported peer review system, student reviewers offered feedback to student authors on their written analyses of a problem scenario. In each condition, reviewers received a different type of rating prompt: domain-related writing composition prompts or problem/issue specific prompts. We found that the reviewers were sensitive to the type of ra...

ABC (Aberrant Behavior Checklist) Navarro et al. [1] A standardized, 58-item rating scale originally designed to assess treatment effects in individuals living in residential facilities. It consists of five subscales: (I) irritability, agitation, crying, (II) lethargy, social withdrawal, (III) stereotypic behavior, (IV) hyperactivity, noncompliance, and (V) inappropriate speech. [2] ADHD-IV (At...

Athabasca University—Canada’s Open University evaluated learning management systems (LMS) for use by the university. Evaluative criteria were developed in order to ensure that different platforms were tested against weighted criteria representing the needs of the university. Three LMSs (WebCt, LotusNotes, and Moodle) were selected for the evaluation. Moodle was chosen with 11 first place rating...

We overview a wide range of traveltime computation methods, most of them novelties from the last five years or so. We first classify the methods, then we give a standardized description. This unified form allows a convenient comparison of these methods. Each description first outlines the basics principles of the given method. It then identifies its main features: assumptions made on the veloci...