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In addition to stopping when it is impossible for future items to influence the final result of the questionnaire, stochastic curtailment also stops the test when future items are unlikely to influence the final result.
The relationship between these layers is complex, and the data more readily fits the model depicted in the Venn diagram of figure three, supporting the theory describing the variable potential of the single activity items to influence responses to the items comprising broader constructs.
Items that are of influence in the class are, among others, the number of pupils, composition of the group, group atmosphere and the resulting social interaction, and the group objectives [ 33].
We explore the influence process both from the point of view of users and items, exposing strong signals of influence at the moment of social link creation and the generation of information fluxes over the existing links.
Complex contagion represents spread of items under the influences of intensive, repeated and valued contacts.
Additionally, it was shown that the importance of certain items of evidence is influenced by the true state of others, illustrating the importance of evaluating the dependencies and incorporating all the relevant available evidence.
For instance, a pupil and an experienced teacher, when reading aloud a transcript from an earlier lesson, will place the tonic foot on different lexico-grammatical items because of the influence of their view of the contexts of situation and culture (Halliday and Hasan 1985); i.e. they make different assumptions.
Another limitation is the use of self-reports, it has, for example, been shown that social desirability and the order and wording of items influence how those are answered.
Cortina proposed that the number of dimensionalities (multi-dimensions) and the number of items could influence the overall Cronbach's alpha to be lower than its subscale alphas, as seen in the results for SJWS-M which is multidimensional [ 59].
In investigating item-ordering effects, the order of influence of the aspects of the consultation on the proximate confidence and trust item was observed to be similar to the order of influence of the aspects of care on the more distant satisfaction item, with the exception that 'giving you enough time' was ranked second (results not shown).
