This scale is constructed to meet the need for an efficient, rapid and economical method of measuring change in schizophrenic patients during the course of psychotropic medication (drug trial) in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual population of low educational level. Items are included only if (1) they can be elicited objectively, (2) they are important symptoms of schizophrenia and (3) they are f...

Fifty-three consecutive patients with suspected multiple sclerosis were studied to determine if the extent of disease apparent on MRI correlated with the clinical severity of the disease. MRI images were evaluated and compared with an assessment of the patient's disability using three neurologic rating scales. The severity of the disease seen on MRI showed a strong statistically significant cor...

Background The clinical practice examination (CPX) was introduced in 2010, and the Seoul-Gyeonggi CPX Consortium developed the patient-physician interaction (PPI) assessment tool in 2004. Both institutions use rating scales on classified sections of PPI but differ in their scoring of key components. This study investigated the accuracy of standardized patient scores across rating scales by comp...

We conduct beauty contest experiments, using close to 2,000 subjects to study the facial traits of CEOs. In one experiment we use pairs of photographs and find that subjects rate CEO faces as appearing more “competent” and less “likable” than non-CEO faces. Another experiment matches CEOs from large firms against CEOs from smaller firms and finds large-firm CEOs look more competent and likable....

This report is in the public domain. Permission to reproduce is not necessary. Overview This Brief compares three hypothetical Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) that use different rating structures: block, points, and hybrid. Because the quality standards in the hypothetical QRIS are held relatively constant across structures, analyses can be conducted to determine how structure rel...

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) provides a structure on decision-making processes where there are a limited numbers of choices but each has a number of attributes. This paper explores the use of AHP for deciding on car purchase. In the context of shopping, it is important to include elements that provide attributes that make consumer decision-making easier, comfortable and therefore, lead ...

In this paper, we demonstrate the importance of combinations of facial expressions and their timing, in explaining a person's conversational skills in a series of brief non-romantic conversations. Video recordings of 365 fourminute conversations before and after a randomized intervention were analyzed in which facial action units (AUs) were examined over different time segments. Male subjects (...

Rating scales are a widely used method for data annotation; however, they present several challenges, such as difficulty in maintaining interand intra-annotator consistency. Best–worst scaling (BWS) is an alternative method of annotation that is claimed to produce high-quality annotations while keeping the required number of annotations similar to that of rating scales. However, the veracity of...

Abstract Objective: The present study aimed to add new evidence of construct validity the Teacher’s Rating Giftedness Screening Scale. analysis its items, in relation adjustment indices Graduated Response Model, as well interpret sense scales formed by items. Method: sample was composed 666 students (64.7% males). instrument consisted 42 items that assess five areas (general intellectual abilit...