Sentence examples for meaning of items from inspiring English sources

Such heirlooms are now almost unknown, but the word has acquired a secondary and popular meaning of items of special, endearing value, such as furniture or pictures, handed down from one generation to the next.

Capacity of short-term memory was measured in units of psychological length, arguing against a pure behaviorist interpretation since meaning of items, beyond reinforcement and punishment, was central to psychological length.

Our study adds to this comparison some measurement properties like meaning of items and missing data.

None of the patients had difficulties in understanding the meaning of items or responses.

This might possibly have contributed to misinterpretations of the meaning of items and thus an incorrect response.

The questionnaire was iteratively refined until participants no longer expressed any ambiguity about the meaning of items.

All 20 participants (100%) understood the meaning of Item 2 and made no suggestions for improving the item.

Participants varied in their interpretation of the meaning of item 10b "the concept of the mechanism by which changes were expected to occur".

Manson [ 14] discusses adaptation of instrument items in terms of comprehensibility (meaning of item is evident), acceptability (item is not offensive), relevance (item relates to the underlying construct) and completeness (item fully covers equivalents between cultures).

Discrepancies between researcher and respondent perceptions of the meanings of items' statements can cause response bias for individual items across a sample (Lewise et al. 2005).

In addition, group discussions and consultations with external specialists were dedicated to culturally specific meanings of items and typical experiences in Somalia.