"But Coats had the strongest support outside the inner circle, among the senators and congressmen in the national security area, and Powell's strong backing of Ridge, and Cheney's obvious mentoring of Wolfowitz, created a situation in which neither choice was acceptable to the other," the Bush adviser said.
Finally, the translated questionnaire was tested in 5 cancer families, both in children and their guardians, to determine whether the translation (instructions, items and response choices) is acceptable, whether it is understood in the way it is supposed to be, and whether the language used is simple and appropriate.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's decision to have third graders in the New York City public schools either pass the test or be retained in third grade is an example of a true Hobson's choice in which neither alternative is acceptable ("Keeping Pupils in Third Grade, but Then What?" front page, March 17).
The aim of this step was to ensure that the translation (instructions, items and response choices) was acceptable, understood in the way it was intended to be, and the language used was simple and appropriate for the target future users of the scale.
Make sure either choice you give is acceptable to you, and avoid asking open-ended questions such as, "What would you like for breakfast?" You may get an unreasonable answer, and then be forced to deny the child his choice.
An immediate consideration closely related to the content and construct validity of a WAF test is whether learners should have at least partial knowledge of a target word (and its choices) or it is acceptable to include low frequency words that may not be known to the learners.
But for many, the first choice is not acceptable.
There's no doubt that people are looking at America differently right now - like someone who might have let rip on a crowded bus; suspicion, anger, resentment, mingled with a deep seated confusion at how it thinks this choice is socially acceptable.
To involve them in design choices that are acceptable and applicable is still a challenge.
And it's not surprising that that member usually turns out to be the woman, because the choice is more socially acceptable for them and because they usually earn less money than their husbands.
