Sentence examples for inadequate items from inspiring English sources

Following the exclusion of 16 inadequate items, the α value increased to 0.807, indicating satisfactory internal consistency.

The significant ceiling effect in both the BS and TS domains, as well as the noticeable floor effect in the SX domain together suggested the inadequate item coverage at the end in these three domains.

13 We assigned categories for risk of bias on the basis of the number of items judged inadequate in each study: up to one inadequate item represented a low risk of bias, up to three items a medium risk, and more than three items a high risk.

Cronbach's α for the internal consistency of the 22 item scale was 0.84 with corrected item-total correlations between 0.24 and 0.66 for 20 items; two items with inadequate item-total correlations (0.10 and 0.13) were also retained because of their factor loadings and fit with other factor items.

The review authors classified each item as "yes" (adequately addressed), "no" (inadequately addressed), or "unclear" (inadequate detail presented to allow a judgment to be made).

When no information was available for a potential bias, or if the method for addressing the bias was deemed inadequate, the item scored negative.

Problems related to component under- or over-extraction are frequent and lead to unreliable factor solutions, and therefore the inadequate choice of items [ 28- 30].

The routine cleaning and disinfection of the near-patient environment is often inadequate and many items of near-patient equipment and furniture have been identified as potential bacterial reservoirs [ 3, 6, 14- 18].

Problem indicators "inadequate answer" and "item non-response" (i.e. missing) were assigned during a follow-up interview and by a subsequent analysis of the completed questionnaires.

A very early study had already postulated an empirical distinctiveness of professional and non-professional help due to an inadequate performance of item 7 of the MHLC-A in their clinical sample [ 81].

We excluded the other study as the low number of observed performances (1 to 4) per item was considered to be inadequate for a reasonable item-specific analysis [ 18].