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The chief item in the development program was a plan to devote 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) of land to the production of peanuts (the Groundnuts Scheme).
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Because the goal was to identify the best set of items that might reproduce the summary score of the longer version, we first selected the items in the development sample (DOXA 2000) using a multiple step-wise regression procedure: the goal was to select the minimum number of items that might explain at least 90% of the variance of the original longer (22 item) questionnaire.
Although responsiveness indices were calculated for the 17 item instrument in the development sample and for the 15 item instrument in the validation sample, these results highlight the sample dependency of responsiveness indices.
Items at this point in the development process were chosen to cover the breadth of experience reported by our informants.
The focus groups and literature review that were conducted in 2001 were used for item generation in the development of the ITP-PAQ in the absence of a conceptual model [ 17].
We argue that it is important to assess post-operative development, and have chosen to report the percentage of ceiling at PROM level, even though this characteristic would more often be assessed at the individual item level in the development of a PROM.
The standing on one leg eyes closed item was the most difficult item in the instrument development sample.
The step-wise selection process previously applied to Study 1 confirmed the relevance of the six items identified in the development sample of the previous DOXA Study.
As well, the highest rated item, daily weight, is vital for daily medication and fluid calculations and is marked as one the most fundamental data items required in the development of pediatric HITs [ 18, 19].
In fact, four sources of information have been used to generate the NVPQOL items in the initial development of the questionnaire: focus groups of women suffering from NVP, MEDLINE search, judgment from experts and clinicians, and a review of other validated health questionnaires.
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