The predictive validity of 2 risk assessment instruments for sex offenders, modified versions of the Static-99 and the Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide, was examined and compared in a sample of 258 adult male sex offenders. In addition, the independent contributions to the prediction of recidivism made by each instrument and by various phallometric indices were explored. Both instruments demon...

This study examined whether items from a biodata inventory were consistent with theorybased constructs as suggested by the ecology model. The model posits five constructs explain biodata predictive ability. Items were sorted using the theory-based construct domains. The resulting scale scores were assessed for evidence of content, criterionrelated, and construct validity in a sample of 6032 aut...

introduction. one of the proplems that both medical students and educational programmers are involved in is the importance of basic science materials in comprehention of clinical subjects and student's performance after that. our goal is to measure the correlation coefficient between the cbse and cpse and the predictive validity of cbse for cpie. methods. analytic cross-sectional study was...

BACKGROUND An important parameter in cross-cultural adaptations, and concurrent validity are the relationships between the performance of an instrument of interest and the performance of a similar instrument with known validity. OBJECTIVE To determine the concurrent validity of the Brazilian version of the revised questionnaire of the Scoliosis Research Society (Br-SRS-22r) and the Brazilian ...

in order to design and validate the social capital questionnaire for employees of physical education organization, the main research question was whether a social capital questionnaire designed by researchers had sufficient validity and reliability. the population of the research consisted of employees of the organization (n=700). 299 subjects were selected as the sample by systematic random sa...

The validity of an accelerometric system (Myotest©) for assessing vertical jump height, vertical force and power, leg stiffness and reactivity index was examined. 20 healthy males performed 3×"5 hops in place", 3×"1 squat jump" and 3× "1 countermovement jump" during 2 test-retest sessions. The variables were simultaneously assessed using an accelerometer and a force platform at a frequency of 0...