When developing new items, irrespective of the number of options, items should be developed by content experts in accordance with accepted item writing guidelines and peer reviewed prior to use to ensure that the answer is unambiguously correct and that all distractors are plausible [ 33].
In order to obtain the competency values in accordance with the item response theory, (1) student responses were code 1 (correct answer) and 0 (incorrect answer) and (2) marginal and conditional maximum likelihood estimations were performed using the statistical computing software R with the packages "ltm" (Rizopoulos 2006) and „eRm" (Mair et al. 2011).
In accordance with the item-person map of the family and medical dimensions (Figs. 1 and 2), it is worth noting that the distribution of the participants' scores was high and asymmetric, with very easy items not ranging over the total extent of the scale.
Precipitating factors for suicide attempts were classified in accordance with the items used for the classification of precipitating factors for suicides by the NPA's 2010 suicide statistics (Table 1) [ 6].
It read: 'The decision to deny entry into the Russian Federation for Mr William Felix Browder has been made by the competent authorities in accordance with Article 27, Item 1, of the Federal Law No 114FZ.' This article says that entry can be denied to someone in the interest of 'ensuring the security of the State, public order or public health'.
Some items prescribed a decision that was in accordance with guidelines, other items prescribed a decision that was against the guideline.
The accuracy of this systematic review and meta-analysis was assessed using the checklist of items in accordance with the "Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement" [ 16].
We extracted data using a standard form in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.
The present meta-analysis was conducted and presented in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines [6].
We extracted data using a standard form in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.Our search yielded 475 citations of which eleven were reviewed in full after applying exclusion criteria.
