Sentence examples for discriminatory validity from inspiring English sources
The hypotheses were that the speculum yields: 1) maximum vaginal closure forces unrelated to intra-abdominal pressure, 2) discriminatory validity between women with strong vs. weak pelvic floor muscles, and 3) acceptable test-retest reliability.
Had such instruments been used, the discriminatory validity analyses would have also been more dependable as these measurements would provide known groups of participants with a specific emotional distress.
It was tested in extreme known groups (e.g., male and female populations in prisons, meditation and religious groups) and only those questions with discriminatory validity were included.
When compared with commonly used disease specific (WOMAC & Lequesne) and generic (SF-36) measures the AQoL performs as well or better with high discriminatory validity.
ROC curves were drawn to determine the discriminatory validity of the seven cognitive domains of MoCA-BJ for MCI versus NC, as well as MCI versus Dem.
Convergent and discriminatory validity, tested against information about the adolescents' physical and mental health have also been found at satisfactory levels [ 17].
Similarly, for assessment and quantification of inflammatory spinal changes, the AS-spinal-MRI scoring system [ 13] has shown good discriminatory capacity, validity, and sensitivity to change in MRI examinations for periods of between 6 weeks [ 14] and 2 years [ 15- 17].
More generally, in all important properties (reliability, validity, discriminatory power and responsiveness) the 15D compares at least equally with other preference-based generic HRQoL instruments such as the EQ-5D, SF-6D and HUI3 [ 10, 31, 32].
More generally, in most of the important properties (reliability, validity, discriminatory power, and responsiveness) the 15D instrument compares at least equally with other commonly-used preference-based generic HRQoL instruments such as EQ-5D, SF-6D, and HUI3 [ 3, 22, 23].
The 15D instrument has good test retest reliability, construct validity, and discriminatory power in general populations [ 23] and has been validated for use in COPD [ 30, 31].
Content validity and discriminatory power of the items were calculated.
