Search results for "Scale"

Item Response Trees: a recommended method for analyzing categorical data in behavioral studies

2015

Behavioral data are notable for presenting challenges to their statistical analysis, often due to the difficulties in measuring behavior on a quantitative scale. Instead, a range of qualitative alternative responses is recorded. These can often be understood as the outcome of a sequence of binary decisions. For example, faced by a predator, an individual may decide to flee or stay. If it stays, it may decide to freeze or display a threat and if it displays a threat, it may choose from several alternative forms of display. Here we argue that instead of being analyzed using traditional nonparametric statistics or a series of separate analyses split by response categories, this kind of data ca…

Disseny i validació d'un qüestionari per mesurar les actituds necessàries per tenir cura de la salut de les persones

2022

Actualment són moltes les veus que es posicionen per fer evident que la preparació per poder tenir cura de les persones no sols ha de ser tècnica sinó també ètica (Bellver Capella, 2014), (Domingo Moratalla, 2013), (Arroyo Gordo M. P., Cortina Orts, Torralba Madrid, & Zugasti Cabrillo, 1997), (Noddings, 2003), perquè aquesta acció és una acció transcendent (Watson, 2011). Les cures són el fenomen fonamental de l’existir (Heidegger, 1999) i abasten no sols el camp d’allò físic sinó també allò moral, construir-se; créixer i madurar (Foucault, 1990). La formació de les infermeres i infermers com a responsables de la cura de la salut de les persones, haurà de permetre no sols acumular coneixeme…

Raising Awareness of Students’ Self-Directed Learning Readiness (SDLR)

2021

This paper describes the mapping of self-directed learning readiness (SDLR) for adult students applying for a master’s degree program delivered entirely as distanced learning. Since SDLR is strongly linked to both adult learning and online education, developing of self-directed learning (SDL) skills should be taken into consideration in our degree program. Making future students aware of SDLR is the first stage in introducing self-directed learning methods and practices in learning environments. The easiest way to do this is to have students answer an SDLR self-assessment questionnaire and give them feedback regarding their SDLR level. This paper presents how this is realized and provides t…

Incorporating teacher-student dialogue into digital course material : Usage patterns and first experiences

2020

This work-in-progress research investigates teacher-student communication via Learning Management Systems (LMS) in highly populated courses. An LMS called TIM (The Interactive Material) includes a specific commenting technology that attempts to make teacher-student dialog effortless. The research goal is to explore students’ willingness to use the technology and identify patterns of usage. To these ends, a survey with both Likert and open-ended questions was issued to CS1 and CS2 students. A favorable student evaluation was observed while several critical viewpoints that inform technology development were revealed. We noticed that besides appreciating the possibility of making comments, man…

Effetti distorsivi dei Trattati Euromediterranei di associazione e mancanza di clausole antiabuso: il caso algerino.

2014

La mancanza di clausole antiabuso specifiche nel Trattato di associazione euromediterraneo stipulato tra UE ed Algeria consente un uso indebito dello stesso al fine di erodere la base imponibile ai fini delle imposte dirette nell'ambito di una pianificazione fiscale aggressiva

Criminalità organizzata ed evasione fiscale

2011

Statistical check of USLE-M and USLE-MM to predict bare plot soil loss in two Italian environments

2018

The USLE-M and the USLE-MM estimate event plot soil loss. In both models, the erosivity term is given by the runoff coefficient, QR, times the single-storm erosion index, EI30. In the USLE-MM, QREI30is raised to an exponent b1> 1 whereas b1= 1 is assumed in the USLE-M. Simple linear regression analysis can be applied to parameterize both models, but logarithmically transformed data have to be used for USLE-MM. Parameterizing the USLE-MM with nonlinear regression of untransformed data could be a more appropriate procedure. A statistical check of the two suggested models (USLE-M and USLE-MM), considering two alternative parameterization procedures for the USLE-MM, was carried out for the Mass…

Different scales of erosion processes downstream hydraulic structure

2009

Uncertainty Analysis in the Evaluation of the DDF Curves Parameters in Climate Change Scenarios

2016

Abstract On the global scale, there is a robust observational evidence that, over the last decades, the frequency and intensity of extreme events significantly changed, even if regional and local studies have highlighted complex and non-uniform spatial patterns. Climate change can cause increased rainfall intensities which leads to an additional impact on drainage systems, due to the alteration of magnitude and frequency of peak flows over their service life. For this reason, the design criteria of urban drainage infrastructures need to be revised and updated, in order to take into account the possible variations of extreme rainfall. In particular, the Depth-Duration-Frequency (DDF) curves,…

Development and Psychometric Validation of the Brief Nurses' Practice Environment Scale and Its Relation to Burnout Syndrome and Job Satisfaction: A …

2020

Introduction: Nursing environment is a vast concept that traditionally has included a wide range of job characteristics and has been related to burnout and job satisfaction. For its measurement, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PESNWI) stands out. However, shorter instruments are needed. The purpose of the study is to develop and test the Brief Nurses' Practice Environment (BNPE) Scale.Methods: The BNPE Scale was developed and tested in a sample of 210 Spanish nurses (data collection 2018).Results: Cronbach's alpha was 0.702. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), with an excellent fit, offered evidence of internal validity. Regarding validity, the BNPE Scale predi…