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Commentary: On the Importance of the Speed-Ability Trade-Off When Dealing with Not Reached Items

Posted: | S. Pohl, M. von Davier

Front. Psychol. 9:1988

 

In their 2018 article, (T&B) discuss how to deal with not reached items due to low working speed in ability tests (Tijmstra and Bolsinova, 2018). An important contribution of the paper is focusing on the question of how to define the targeted ability measure. This note aims to add further aspects to this discussion and to propose alternative approaches.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Reliability/Validity, General Measurement

Measuring Harm in Health Care: Optimizing Adverse Event Review

Posted: | K. Walsh, P. Harik, K. Mazor, D. Perfetto, M. Anatchkova, C. Biggins, J. Wagner

Medical Care: April 2017 - Volume 55 - Issue 4 - p 436-441

 

The objective of this study is to identify modifiable factors that improve the reliability of ratings of severity of health care–associated harm in clinical practice improvement and research.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Reliability/Validity, Health Professions