The Sources of Four Commonly Reported Cutoff Criteria

Lance, Charles E.; Butts, Marcus M.; Michels, Lawrence C.

doi:10.1177/1094428105284919

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“…This claim is corroborated by the fact that the value of Cronbach's -statistics for the total set is according to Lance et al [35], above the minimum that should be tolerated.…”

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A Business Software Testing Process-Based Model Design

Vukovic

Djurkovic

Trninic

2018

Int. J. Soft. Eng. Knowl. Eng.

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This study analyzes relevant contemporary software testing process models. In addition to contemporary theoretical models, the study also analyzes business software testing process models in a considerable number of software organizations. The dual (i.e. theoretical and empirical) analysis of the testing process aims to provide a basis for a testing process model design which is speci¯c to testing business software in small and medium software organizations. The empirical study was conducted by a survey research strategy in 24 software organizations. In order to gather detailed information on the testing process, an interview was conducted on a purpose-selected sample of four organizations. The gathered data were processed by quantitative and qualitative data analysis. The results of theoretical and empirical research were used as a basis for attaining the study's desired outcome: the business software testing process-based model which was graphically presented in BPMN 2.0 notation and described according to the ISO/IEC TR 24774 standard for process description in systems and software engineering. The combination of the graphic representation of the model and its description in compliance with the process description is a proven method in process management, which should enable easier understanding, and thus the implementation of the model in small and medium software organizations.

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“…This claim is corroborated by the fact that the value of Cronbach's -statistics for the total set is according to Lance et al [35], above the minimum that should be tolerated.…”

Section: Reliability Of the Likert Scalesupporting

confidence: 62%

A Business Software Testing Process-Based Model Design

Vukovic

Djurkovic

Trninic

2018

Int. J. Soft. Eng. Knowl. Eng.

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“…However, there is agreement in the literature that this criterion is one of the least accurate criteria to determine the number of factors to extract and that it usually overestimates this number (Costello and Osborne, 2005;Fabrigar et al, 1999;Lance et al, 2006;Velicer and Jackson, 1990). Parallel analysis, on the other hand, is considered one of the best methods for this task (Hayton et al, 2004;Peres-Neto et al, 2005;Zwick and Velicer, 1986).…”

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Translation and validation of the Cardiac Depression Scale to Arabic

Papasavvas

Al-Amin

Ghabrash

et al. 2016

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

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Background: The Cardiac Depression Scale (CDS) has been designed to measure depressive symptoms in patients with heart disease. There is no Arabic version of the CDS. We translated and validated the CDS in an Arabic sample of patients with heart disease. Methods: Forward and back translation of the CDS was followed by assessment of cultural relevance and content validity. The Arabic version of the CDS (A-CDS) and the Arabic version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (A-HADS) were then administered to 260 Arab in-patients with heart disease from 18 Arabic countries. Construct validity was assessed using exploratory factor analysis with polychoric correlations. Internal consistency was assessed using ordinal reliability alpha and item-to-factor polychoric correlations. Concurrent validity was assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient between the A-CDS and the depression subscale of the A-HADS (A-HADS-D).Results: Cultural relevance and content validity of the A-CDS were satisfactory. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three robust factors, without cross-loadings, that formed a single dimension. Internal consistency was high (ordinal reliability alpha for the total scale and the three factors were .94, .91, .86, and .87, respectively; item-to-factor correlations ranged from .77 to .91). Concurrent validity was high (r = .72). The A-CDS demonstrated a closer to normal distribution of scores than the A-HADS-D. Limitations: Sensitivity and specificity of the A-CDS were not objectively assessed. Conclusions: The A-CDS appears to be a valid and reliable instrument to measure depressive symptoms in a representative sample of Arab in-patients with heart disease.Keywords: Arabic; Cardiac Depression Scale; cultural relevance; depression; heart disease; scale validation Highlights• We translated and validated the Cardiac Depression Scale to Arabic.• Cultural relevance and content validity were satisfactory.• A stable, parsimonious, and meaningful three-factor model was created.• Internal consistency and concurrent validity were high.• The translated scale appears to be a valid and reliable instrument.

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“…Computationally this is a Monte-Carlo technique [19] generating random samples with the same sample size and number of items and computing "expected" eigenvalues. There is consensus in the literature that this is the optimal method for determining the number of factors to emerge within a structured questionnaire [17,20,21]. Table 3 shows that a four factor solution should be retained…”

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The internal consistency and construct validity of the partners in health scale: validation of a patient rated chronic condition self-management measure

2010

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Please note that any alterations made during the publishing process may not appear in this version. Please refer to the published article cited above. MethodsBaseline PIH data were collected for 294 patients with a range of co-morbid chronic conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and arthritis. Scale data were analyzed for internal consistency and construct validity using Reliability Analysis and Factor Analysis. Construct validity was established using confirmatory factor analysis and a structural equation model. ResultsResults show a Cronbach alpha value of .82 and highlight four key factors (knowledge, coping, management of condition and adherence to treatment) across the twelve domains of the scale. These four key factors were then confirmed by applying the exploratory structural equation model to a hold-back sample of 118 patients. ConclusionThe PIH scale has been shown to exhibit construct validity and internal reliability.It therefore provides a relevant measure of health related outcomes for patients involved in chronic illness management and self-management programmes currently being implemented across Australia and around the world.

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The Sources of Four Commonly Reported Cutoff Criteria

Cited by 1,638 publications

References 114 publications

A Business Software Testing Process-Based Model Design

A Business Software Testing Process-Based Model Design

Translation and validation of the Cardiac Depression Scale to Arabic

The internal consistency and construct validity of the partners in health scale: validation of a patient rated chronic condition self-management measure

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