According to the inventors of LIST, scales were expanded in order to reach better reliability (Wild 2000).
This is a critical reflection on the Adjective Check List scales of measure for masculine (Mas) and feminine (Fem) orientation (Gough et al., 1981), based on a sample of Italian homosexuals (45 males and 52 females).
And other LIST scales, in particular, the resource-related ones, are meant to measure the degree of motivation a student possesses when preparing for an important exam, with items like "I fix the hours I spend daily on learning in a schedule".
We also built a classifier based on the adjective check-list scale (ACL) because this scale would be the most feasible one to be used in clinical setting.
I'm simply saying that the way I see this playing out — the way lists scale — is by giving the majority of users one list.
Additional file 8 is a supplementary table listing scaling parameters for the Agilent Microarray.
Table 1 lists scales for assessing attitudes in college-level biology students who have met standard criteria set for common tests of validity and reliability.
Modern computer based systems are characterized by several complexity dimensions: a non-exhaustive list includes scale, architecture, distribution, variability, flexibility, dynamics, workloads, time constraints, dependability, availability, security, performances.
It means Angie's List needs scale to have strong returns, but the cost of expansion weighs on the business, and it has lost money every year since going public.
Subjects were mailed a list of scale responses to the QOL and psychosocial instruments prior to each of their telephone interviews to facilitate the interview process.
But this spring, Barnes & Noble shifted to discounting its stores' own best-sellers list and scaled back its list of 30 books to 20 books.
