and reliable scale for pain measurement. The statistical findings of this scale were as follows: Intra- and inter-rater reliability (ICC: 0.69-0.91; 0.55-0.97) and criterion validity (p: 0.81-0.94) Pain expression. (McCall, DeCristofaro, & Elliott, 2013). When these scales were utilized they were shown to be effective and demonstrated significant reduction in measurements when sucrose was utilized. In the studies that did not use these formal pain scales the measurement most commonly used was the
Words: 451 - Pages: 2
Material and Methods: Before the experiment began, Labscribe was loaded to the Cardiac Muscle Lab and the computer was connected to the iWorx unit that was set up with the iWorx Force Transducer clamped to a ring stand. A freshly euthanized frog was obtained from the instructor and was dissected to expose the beating heart of the frog. Any pericardial membrane still connected was removed and the heart was rinsed with Ringer’ solution (NaCl, KCl, MgCl2, CaCl2, a buffering agent, and deionized water)
Words: 593 - Pages: 3
hands and one foot method | 3050 cards per hour | 61% more output | (2. Developed from http://archive.org/details/OriginalFilm) As shown in the table provided, Gilbreth measured how much time was spent on stamping dates on cards. Based on these measurements he invented improvements to the stamping motions. That gave extraordinary results. In the last test with two-handed movement and stamping with a pedal he got 61% more output than in the first test with one handed stamping. By making all the workers
Words: 726 - Pages: 3
Temperature and Response time measurement Abstract In this experiment, a Resistive Thermal Device (RTD) and thermocouple were calibrated for first order measurement. Then, the response times of the RTD and thermocouple sensors were calculated. After performing this experiment, it was found that the time constants for the RTD were found to be -78.7 for cold to hot and 17.39 for hot to cold. The time constants for the thermocouple were found to be 3.519 for cold to hot and 2.64 for hot
Words: 1923 - Pages: 8
Scaling Study Scaling Study Understanding the complexities of developing a proper measurement process required a sample survey project. Analyzing the responses from the sample survey project “Financial Peace,” provided the information needed to assess the validity, reliability, and practicality of the survey. The most important factor in the development of a survey is the management question. This question is the predicament. Managers need answers to assist in resolving managerial problems
Words: 1266 - Pages: 6
Example 5: Highly Certain Tax Positions 55-99 This Example illustrates the recognition and measurement criteria of this Subtopic to tax positions where the tax law is unambiguous. The recognition and measurement criteria of this Subtopic applicable to tax positions begin in paragraph 740-10-25-5 for recognition and paragraph 740-10-30-7 for measurement. 55-100 An entity has taken a tax position that it believes is based on clear and unambiguous tax law for the payment of salaries and benefits
Words: 274 - Pages: 2
Accuracy is the proximity of measurement results to the true value; precision, the repeatability, or reproducibility of the measurement In the fields of science, engineering, industry, and statistics, the accuracy[1] of a measurement system is the degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to that quantity's actual (true) value. The precision[1] of a measurement system, also called reproducibility or repeatability, is the degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show
Words: 373 - Pages: 2
These accessories divide power of a uniform transmission line equally between ports to enable comparison measurements. Power dividers provide a good impedance match at both the output ports when the input is terminated in the system characteristic impedance (50Ω). Once a good source match has been achieved, a power divider is used to divide the output into equal signals for comparison measurements. The power divider also can be used in test systems to measure two different characteristics of a signal
Words: 1240 - Pages: 5
forms such as content, face, criterion-related validity, construct, and convergent validity. Reliability is the extent which a test, observation or measurement procedure uses to produce the same results on repeated trials. It is considered the stability or consistency of scores over time. Both validity and reliability are critical to measurement because reliability is a necessary but not sufficient condition for validity, but in order to obtain validity, you must have reliability. A measure can
Words: 356 - Pages: 2
Customer satisfaction, a term frequently used in marketing, is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectation. Customer satisfaction is defined as "the number of customers, or percentage of total customers, whose reported experience with a firm, its products, or its services (ratings) exceeds specified satisfaction goals." It is seen as a key performance indicator within business and is often part of a Balanced Scorecard. In a competitive marketplace
Words: 1279 - Pages: 6
