There is surely fat to be cut here and there, but a lot of those items pay for scientific research, protect clean air and water, provide assistance to the poor, or other praiseworthy aims.
For example, items in the scientific identity scale (e.g., "I feel like I belong in the field of science") may seem relevant, and thus "valid," to science majors but not to non science majors.
These guidelines consist of 20 items identifying minimum information required for scientific research reporting results from animal studies.
Because the instrument measures just this single construct, one can assume that responses of students to the test items reflect progress along a scale for scientific literacy.
The results of our study also strongly suggest a revision of a number of items, if the intention is to use it for scientific research.
Philippe Martin the minister for ecology, durable development and energy, added that all ivory seized in France in future would be destroyed, apart from samples kept for scientific or educational purposes and those items that might help trace traffickers.
Background: Despite legislation that requires restaurants to post nutritional labels on their products or menu items, the scientific literature provides inconsistent support for the idea that adding labels to foods will change buying patterns.
What was once used as a mass-market numerical display for scientific instruments has now become a luxury item.
Our advisory panel recommended developing a study design checklist of items for consideration by funding agencies and scientific journals (Table 3).
For this reason, multi-item scales, which are evaluated on the basis of one or more scores, are usually used for scientific studies.
£600m in additional funding for scientific research.
