All variables were self-reported; however, our calibration study found evidence for good validity for the diagnosis of diabetes.
However there are no criteria for how many hypotheses should be defined, how specific these hypotheses should be, the extent to which these hypotheses should be confirmed for good validity, or characteristics, representativity and the size of the sample for a validation study.
The known-group and CFA both have confirmed the good validity of SF-36 for Chinese migrants.
These results also provide further evidence for good discriminant validity of the construct of demoralisation, as they show that demoralisation is uniquely associated with adverse postnatal experiences, even after overlapping distress variables are controlled for.
MRI using "routine sequences" has good validity for diagnosis of deep cartilage lesions.
The pain provocation studies reported good validity for evaluation of pain in the cervical region but not in the lumbar area.
The on-line coupled sample preparation/separation system demonstrated a good validity for the analysis of phthalates in real river and wastewater samples.
Good validity and reliability of the SF-36 have been reported for the US elderly population [ 33- 35].
Moreover, these biomarkers showed good validity for the diagnosis and prediction of AKI occurrence in patients with sepsis.
The partial validation by the 2004 report of the German Foundation for Organ Transplantation however, indicated a good validity for liver and kidney transplantation.
